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Systemd adds age verification (github.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev
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Not to mention that they locked the unpopular pull request from reactions.

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[–] Mikina@programming.dev 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Would it be possible to add a layer on top that shows you when an app requests it, and shows you a checkbox about what you want it to report? Or just block the call as not supported.

Faking it to be child (or just random with each request) until you need a higher number could mess up with advertisers and in general fingerprinting.

[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think it is accessed through xdg-protal, and the usage tracking and permission etc. likely happen at that layer.

The xdg-desktop-portal project is adding an age verification portal (flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#1922) that needs a data source for the user's age. userdb already stores personal metadata (emailAddress, realName, location) so birthDate is a natural fit.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Googoo gaga sudo apt remove systemd*

Whoopsie-doodles...