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TempleOS won't comply with the new BS age verifcation laws (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 day ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Not strictly Linux..

But after reading about SystemD I realised that TempleOS would fall under the laws but there's no way in hell that's getting updated. There's gotta be some amazing way to troll the lawmakers with this.

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[–] Labfox@lemmy.labfox.fr 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

SystemD is only adding the possibility to store an age for the user, and the PR is being debated still

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

If I ever find systemd-ageverificationd on my computer I'm nuking it

[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think the point people are making here is why does systemd need to store an age for the user.

[–] Labfox@lemmy.labfox.fr 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It can already store location data and other random metadata

[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Define "location data".

Systemd stores location data for unit files, it does not store geo lookup data. Again, why does systemd need to store user age?

[–] Labfox@lemmy.labfox.fr 1 points 9 hours ago

It can store your location data (i.e City/Address), because this service is specifically a user database. The systemd init isn't storing your age anytime son.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why would a glorified scheduling service need to store my birthday? Or age. Am I soon supposed to show/store my ID to all services running on my computer?

[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 5 points 20 hours ago

An equally valid question is why does a glorified scheduling service want to act as my UEFI boot manager?

[–] Labfox@lemmy.labfox.fr 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The systemd service in question is probably already managing your accounts (if you've got système, that is)

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago

It may be so, but it doesn't know my birthday nor my ID 🤷

[–] msage@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

Trojan horse, so to speak.

Preemtive capitulation is a loss for everyone but the fascists.

[–] org@lemmy.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good way to lose your market share overnight

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes, systemd is gonna lose so many sales over this, they're gonna have to lower their monthly subscription price from $0.00 to a measly $0.00