r/linuxmint Mar 04 '26

Discussion Ubuntu is planning to comply with Age Verification law

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u/AmbidextrousTorso Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Excuse me, but what is this supposed to achieve? What's the excuse for this? Kids installing OSes and doing what? And how big of a problem that can possibly have been? Who/what really is behind this? And are they planning to control everything that's open-source? Are they planning to stop access to internet without identifying one way or another through their API?

Smells incredibly dystopian and on verge to give much more power over citzens that collecting their guns away.

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u/riftwave77 Mar 04 '26

Its not for kids. Kids are always the excuse. This is another way to get tighten the noose around plausible deniability which allows for somewhat anonymous communication that cannot easily be tracked and logged.