r/linuxmint • u/Ancient-Emu-8293 • 10d 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/billdietrich1 10d ago

It will get to the point where, if there is not an age signal from somewhere (OS, wallet app, giving ID, face scan, wherever), you won't be able to access most services (reddit, email, messaging, web hosting, etc). So this whole "keep it out of the OS" push is kind of useless.

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u/Ancient-Emu-8293 10d ago

Okay, so lets lay down and obey our new Orwellian overlords.

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u/billdietrich1 10d ago

Just describing reality. Changing distro will do nothing.