Age verification coming to normie Linux systems
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/tznSe
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Really just tells you everything you might want to know about sysd.
I'm honestly horrified there's zero push-back until the System76 guy, followed by a thread-lock. Just straight up implementation and compliance. Just one more reason I'll never go back to a systemd distro on any of my main boxes.
How would this even work on embedded systems? Are you going to be required to put in your age to setup a shitty Linksys router?
And to everyone saying "How is this enforceable? I can just put in Jan 1st, 1910," it's the first step. What's more concerning is the can of worms this opens. It starts with this retarded foot in the door. Once you have it, you'll be at full-on 'scan-your-government-id-to-use-your-phone' within 8 years or less. When there's a serious push into this kind of things people will look to things like systemd who already gather a little bit of info and think, "well they're already doing this, lets just ask them to verify their age next". It's the 'boiling the frog' metaphor.
And what if i choose not to verify my age, or if i can't? Does my server just not boot? It's leaving a lot of questions unasked and unanswered.
What about where i live versus where the server is? Will californian laws force igor in uzbekistan to gather, verify and report my info?
What if i set my age to 9? Will Debian maintainer Jeremy Bicha hunt me down and rape me?
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/tznSe
poettering claude review.png
poettering spyware.png
Really just tells you everything you might want to know about sysd.
I'm honestly horrified there's zero push-back until the System76 guy, followed by a thread-lock. Just straight up implementation and compliance. Just one more reason I'll never go back to a systemd distro on any of my main boxes.
How would this even work on embedded systems? Are you going to be required to put in your age to setup a shitty Linksys router?
And to everyone saying "How is this enforceable? I can just put in Jan 1st, 1910," it's the first step. What's more concerning is the can of worms this opens. It starts with this retarded foot in the door. Once you have it, you'll be at full-on 'scan-your-government-id-to-use-your-phone' within 8 years or less. When there's a serious push into this kind of things people will look to things like systemd who already gather a little bit of info and think, "well they're already doing this, lets just ask them to verify their age next". It's the 'boiling the frog' metaphor.
And what if i choose not to verify my age, or if i can't? Does my server just not boot? It's leaving a lot of questions unasked and unanswered.
What about where i live versus where the server is? Will californian laws force igor in uzbekistan to gather, verify and report my info?
What if i set my age to 9? Will Debian maintainer Jeremy Bicha hunt me down and rape me?
From diggys forum:
List of distros or software that have so far reacted to this law:
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/1922 - Dunno what this is, but plans on cucking.
https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Age-api - Will cuck.
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/california- ... ion/185960 - Might or might not cuck. I don't think the devs themselves spoke yet.
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/10744 - Will likely cuck.
https://github.com/elementary/settings- ... issues/260 - Will cuck.
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/complianc ... laws/75791 - Seems to not want to cuck, but not very decisively.
https://morty.backtoheaven.click/post?m ... vel/246809 - Will cuck (PopOS)
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/ ... ion/181968 - Dev said this:
I'm going to refrain from speculating or opining about this until I sync with the project's nominal legal assistance concerning impact.
Meaning will likely cuck.
https://xcancel.com/midnightbsd/status/ ... 1211718765 - Excludes Californians from access.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2 ... 00032.html - Heh. Giant thread about the detailed ways they plan on cucking.
Feel free to add more if you find them.
Last edited by digdeeper on Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I don't think using init would work too
>How would this even work on embedded systems? Are you going to be required to put in your age to setup a shitty Linksys router?
Clearly this would not be the case, but then again, they weren't specific when they really should've been. I read the California bill, and the failure to be specific bugs me when it would take so little effort. Perhaps an extra word like 'consumer', or an extra line such as '... applies to operating systems developed for personal computing use, including but not limited to, desktop computers, laptops, and smartphones'.
Doesn't even matter, what's worse is that this is a privacy Trojan. The effects of this regulation are so obviously ineffectual, they'll 'have no choice' but to extend regulations.
If a government claims to be doing anything for child safety, and it doesn't include shutting down those pedo havens called Roblox and Snapchat, they're liars who think you're retarded.
Clearly this would not be the case, but then again, they weren't specific when they really should've been. I read the California bill, and the failure to be specific bugs me when it would take so little effort. Perhaps an extra word like 'consumer', or an extra line such as '... applies to operating systems developed for personal computing use, including but not limited to, desktop computers, laptops, and smartphones'.
Doesn't even matter, what's worse is that this is a privacy Trojan. The effects of this regulation are so obviously ineffectual, they'll 'have no choice' but to extend regulations.
If a government claims to be doing anything for child safety, and it doesn't include shutting down those pedo havens called Roblox and Snapchat, they're liars who think you're retarded.
I'm not surprised that systemd is going to be vibe coded. I've predicted that would happen a long time ago.
It's very funny and ironic that the BSD is the only OS on the list that doesn't comply while the linux distros cuck immediately without second thought or are undecisive lol. How is GPL going to save you now?
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Artix has confirmed it won't comply with age verification laws, as per a developer's post here. I don't know any other distro also refusing to comply, but I heard (unconfirmed) rumors openSUSE won't follow along as it's based in Germany. Other rumors (also unconfirmed) have been spoken of for other distros not based in the US.
Still, the fact systemd is adding the age data is not boding well, even for distros that refuse to comply.
how does adding a birthdate (or the idea of being born) enhance my user experience?
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