GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
www.tomshardware.com
Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.
    • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If you’re not daily driving Graphene and non-systemd Linux, you’re in for a shock about what the overlords have planned… every OS is going to be required to provide a birth date via API to all your apps, so anything corporate can use that 1/365 PII to deanonymize you. Meta has been behind the push because their business model relies on ads that know who you really are.

    • Blaster M@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It’s started with a law in California that requires all Operating Systems to keep and provide the age of the person using the device. Several other states have followed with stronger laws requiring full third party verification of user id that the OS must implement and keep. Brazil has already had theirs go into effect.

      Currently, in Linux, systemd implemented a date of birth field for local users. Nobody wants this.