floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoGrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal informationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1169cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1169external-linkGrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal informationwww.tomshardware.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYeah there was some drama about it. https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/ This blog explains the situation but also attacks the developer that did it and I do not think he is to blame here.
minus-squareatopi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agothat isnt age verification though, it is not verifying the age; its just asking the user to input their age, something websites and apps have been doing for ages
Yeah there was some drama about it.
https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/
This blog explains the situation but also attacks the developer that did it and I do not think he is to blame here.
that isnt age verification though, it is not verifying the age; its just asking the user to input their age, something websites and apps have been doing for ages
Yeah fair