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Assunto:  Age verification in OS
De:       Ron L.
Data:     Wed, 4 Mar 2026 07:45:32 -0500
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So if you haven't been looking around lately, there is a troubling push from
some gov't's:  Age Verification

Now this is being billed as a "keep kids safe", but, as usual for any Leftie
policy, the reality is the exact opposite.

Overview:
The push is for every OS (Linux, Windows, Mac, and I assume FreeDOS too) to
implement:
1. A way to "reasonably" verify a person's age and store it away.
2. An API for applications (which includes browsers) to use that API and get
the age.

The excuse is "we don't want little Johnny to hack in to dad's laptop and surf
porn sites".
The reality is "this is the first step to knowing who you are on the computer
and tracking everything you do/say/etc."

It's unknown if they will make Micro$oft revamp MS-DOS for our vintage
computers to include this feature.
But I guess CP/M will be safe for a while since DRI is gone.
I have no idea how they will make this work on TRS-80's and Commodores, though.

This is already law in The People's Socialist Utopia of California and the
Dictatorship of Brazil and is currently up for a vote in the pot smoking Mile
High state of Colorado.  (Do you see the trend here?)

I don't know about you, but the last time I fired up Leisure Suit Larry on the
NuXT, I couldn't play it because I couldn't answer the age verification
questions.

There is already opposition to this.
IHMO: I don't see where California and Colorado have the authority in the first
place.
Some Linux distros have already said "we aren't going to change anything and if
you live in California, you are not allowed to use our software."
And of course, if Brazil makes any demands, we can laugh in their Evil
Dictator's face and ignore them - and maybe move to Wyoming and sue them
through their GRANITE act.

But this is all window dressing.  The real purpose here is
1. To have the Elitists assert their control over other people's property (i.e.
operating systems, computers)
for the purpose of
2. Control.


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