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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Any form of age verification is a violation of user privacy.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

if im the root user then no user on my system has privacy

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's not about your system. It's about every system connecting to the Internet. It's not local age verification, it's widespread monitoring by the government.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

They said any form of age verification. I can verify the age of users on my system

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

...which is precisely why I'm not on your system. ;)

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -3 points 12 hours ago

Ok cool. Completely pointless comment