How can they enforce this #os #ageverification bullshit? Sure, #apple, #google, and #microslop have the infrastructure to ID everyone, and maybe even #fedora and #ubuntu, but what about #Linux distros run by a small team or one person? What if I compile my own #lfs kernel? What if I write my own OS with blackjack and hookers? Will it soon become illegal to run #Linux or #BSD? I need to start downloading the entire #debian repository before it's too late...
mkj
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From what I have read. This only applies to OS distributors and it is on them not you. In the case of Linux the Age Signal could just be your age stored in the /etc/passwd file, and of course it is just based on your word. In any case the Onus is on the distro provider not you to have the first time age verification. This would also not apply to you downloading your own Linux From Scratch (LFS) and building it yourself Unless you were distributing that OS then it does not apply. So Gentoo could probably skate under that line or maybe not? But building it yourself and using it yourself means no age verification because these laws only apply to those distributing an OS not those Using one. The current legislation says nothing about having to age verify on an OS you build yourself.
Note: I am not a lawyer and I am not giving legal advice, just my opinion of what I have read.