Just one more crack in the levee against computer privacy. This is always how it starts.
No one asked anyone to make that change but it was done regardless. The laws created in those states were (from my understanding) implemented defensively in a political sense due to how federal laws were being considered but weren’t actively requested to be enforced technologically.
Those that don’t see this change as a step in a regressive trend but are in a position to make changes are usually the ones that lead us further down the path, intentionally or not.
I could care less about apps, because I can just avoid them. My concern is the OS level stuff, and currently, all of the legislation is around requirements that the OS itself capture birthdate data.
The moment that becomes mandatory at the OS level, is the moment I drop whatever it is that is forcing that issue. Systemd was the first to pre-emptively comply with facilitating the change at scale, so chances are, they will keep doing the same going forward.
It’s most likely where I’ll be hopping if unavoidable age gating comes to systemd
I only switched to Artix cuz I like OpenRC
I like not using government and mega-corporation mandated systems designed for privacy invasion and control of what people can access.
Gating would be up to every application, systemd just provides an interface/standard location for them to query
Just one more crack in the levee against computer privacy. This is always how it starts.
No one asked anyone to make that change but it was done regardless. The laws created in those states were (from my understanding) implemented defensively in a political sense due to how federal laws were being considered but weren’t actively requested to be enforced technologically.
Those that don’t see this change as a step in a regressive trend but are in a position to make changes are usually the ones that lead us further down the path, intentionally or not.
I could care less about apps, because I can just avoid them. My concern is the OS level stuff, and currently, all of the legislation is around requirements that the OS itself capture birthdate data.
The moment that becomes mandatory at the OS level, is the moment I drop whatever it is that is forcing that issue. Systemd was the first to pre-emptively comply with facilitating the change at scale, so chances are, they will keep doing the same going forward.