☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoThe Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linuxwww.sambent.comexternal-linkmessage-square378linkfedilinkarrow-up1475
arrow-up1475external-linkThe Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linuxwww.sambent.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square378linkfedilink
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months ago Your real name and location data have been stored in UNIX/Linux for over 60 years. IF you entered that info. And it wasn’t being used by applications to enable surveillance laws. It’s a false equivalency.
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoThe birthDate field is optional. As userdb as a whole.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIt’s like talking to a wall with these people.
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoWhat do you mean with “these people”? All I say is that no one forces you to enter a value in an optional part oft the systemd project (not to be confused with systemd, the init process).
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoBy “these people”, I mean people who just don’t get it.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou fail to make your point and when someone points out the failure of rationality, you just say ‘you just don’t get it’. I think maybe ‘you just don’t get’ how to support your position.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago I think maybe ‘you just don’t get’ how to support your position. Maybe I’m just frustrated with the discussion. Plenty of other people have explained the position very eloquently, but it still falls on deaf ears.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI’m completely with you on age verification. It’s pointless and harmful. I’m not with anyone who supports a harassment campaign on a developer.
minus-squaremoopet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAge verification isn’t optional (at least in the jurisdictions in question, and for now).
IF you entered that info. And it wasn’t being used by applications to enable surveillance laws. It’s a false equivalency.
The birthDate field is optional. As userdb as a whole.
It’s like talking to a wall with these people.
What do you mean with “these people”?
All I say is that no one forces you to enter a value in an optional part oft the systemd project (not to be confused with systemd, the init process).
By “these people”, I mean people who just don’t get it.
You fail to make your point and when someone points out the failure of rationality, you just say ‘you just don’t get it’.
I think maybe ‘you just don’t get’ how to support your position.
Maybe I’m just frustrated with the discussion. Plenty of other people have explained the position very eloquently, but it still falls on deaf ears.
I’m completely with you on age verification. It’s pointless and harmful.
I’m not with anyone who supports a harassment campaign on a developer.
Age verification isn’t optional (at least in the jurisdictions in question, and for now).