Good. Put that energy into a moderate parental control education fund or something. The ID gating the net is only for control.
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Good boys !
It's about time I flash that onto my pixel 6 pro.
"If GrapheneOS devices can't be sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it."
Wonder if Motorola feels the same way.
Lol. The US is not the only market.
And the US isn't the only place pulling this shit.
They can just sell their normal phone. As long as the user is able to run the installer it doesn't really matter.
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Imagine if California then declared a ban on the sale of GrapheneOS compatible phones.
would be fun to see.
I was wondering when I would see this headline. I wonder if any other big names do similar
Linux Distros (so far) Refusing Age Verification
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I recommend going to Ageless Linux's site and reading up on their take on the whole issue. They clearly illustrate how poorly thought out the California law is.
- Ageless Linux - https://agelesslinux.org/index.html
- Omarchy Linux - https://omarchy.org/
- Adenix GNU/Linux - https://www.adenixgnulinux.org/
- Artix Linux - https://artixlinux.org/
I think this might be the first and only time I'll ever see Omarchy getting upvotes on this site.
Linux Distros (so far) Refusing Age Verification
The systemd dude, ever so flexible as long as the request does not come from actual users, is already working on adding this into core components, though.
I also wonder whether or not grapheneos, or open source Linux OSs in general, will face any repercussions for failing to comply to these regulations due to the relatively low user count.
Motorola* bending the knee to the mass surveillance corps and international governments comes to mind. We'll see how their deal with GrapheneOS goes now.
I mean they can simply sell that phone with stock androud in californua and if users flash Graphene on it afterwards thats hardly motorolas fault
Sure. Let them be sued on profits made 😂
Hate to say it but systemd, the init system of most Linux distros, already has PRs with maintainer backing to implement DoB recording.
Some people can't kneel fast enough.
DoB recording, and ID age verification, are two different things though.
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Which already has a revert commit https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179
The self-important creator of Systemd has personally blocked that PR, if I'm hearing correctly, which would suggest he or his employer Microsoft is all in on it.
It's an optional field in the userdb JSON object. It's not a policy engine, not an API for apps. We just define the field, so that it's standardized iff people want to store the date there, but it's entirely optional.
"I'm not picking a side" and "this future proofs standardization" is of little comfort, that is seriously suspect. I ought to look to alternatives to SystemD(odge the issue failed).
SystemDOGE. It is just a matter of time before Big Balls exfiltrates our Linux data.
He left MS in January
That has already been closed
Maybe this'll take the shine off that wunderkinder mess and people will finally be free to choose something more reliable. I love how RH pushed this beta software so hard and my reboots are now just shite -- unreliable and occasionally ridiculously delayed.
I'll be glad to see the back of that metastatic shitball.
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Now if only GrapheneOS was easy to install on cheap Android devices.
Grapheneos is surprisingly the most easy OS to install... The issue is most phone manufacturer's dont meet Grapheneos its standards.
I agree, but isn't that just the same way said differently?
it's not hard to install if you have a phone that follows stringent standards, that only 30% of manufacturers follow...
They have reached a deal with Motorola, so hopefully there will be more options soon. You can get we used pixels pretty cheap though, and the installation process is very easy.
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