I find it disappointing how many of the big distros are not standing against age verification laws. Makes me think that if there were law to add NSA backdoor into every OS they would just do it without question. Systemd already added a feature that stores the date of birth of the user. Its not that bad since its just a number you can change but it shouldn't even have been done in the first place. And age verification requires a way to verify the users age so that implies showing your ID or scanning your face. All this just goes against the privacy and freedom of the user and limiting them in how they can use a computer.
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