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California's age verification law is proving controversial — here's what you need to know, and why some Linux distros are in the firing line (www.techradar.com)

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 0 points 1 month ago

No it's not. Services requiring age verification can ask for your age if that's necessary. You can then decide if you want that service to have that information from there. Baking it into the OS with an API where anyone can just ask for and receive that information is asinine.