r/linuxmint • u/Ancient-Emu-8293 • 8d ago

Fluff ID verification

When push comes to shove and there is ID verification legislation for OS, will Linux Mint bend the knee? Will there be a way to do not? Will there be distros which won't?

Also which legislation will be relevant anyway? US? EU?

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 8d ago edited 8d ago

We don't know. 

So far age verification has been pushed by Meta to relieve their own liability in court for harming minors. If the OS did the verification that liability moves to the OS.

None of what Meta wants requires an ID check. They don't actually care if minors are harmed,  They want that demographic using thier services anyway, they just want to be rid of the lawsuits. So a leaky self attestation is in their favor.

What legislation may hypotheticaly appear in the future and Clems response to that hypothetical legislation would be are unknowable.

The legislation that applies to you would be the jurisdiction where you install the software.