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Ageless Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws (itsfoss.com)
submitted 6 days ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/1261651/ageless-linux-emerges-to-protest-os-level-age-verification-laws

And thankfully, it's more than just a Linux distro without age verification.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Put default birthday as date of installation. Proper verified claim. Problem solved.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

except now everyone is under age and can't sign into their email because spam had the word "penis" or "sex" in it.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

oops I meant age 18 birthday as date of installation.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Set default birthday at 1970-01-01.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

proud unix tradition.