TLDW:
Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026.
New York about to vote on a law that would “require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation.”
In order to “incentivize” age verification, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they will ignore COPPA violations for software performing age verification.
Accountless linux distros incoming
Can’t wait for distros to post a disclaimer that this software is strictly intended only for use on the moon.
Better yet. Say that the software isn’t intended for any use at all and they don’t allow you to download it, but then leave an open directory with the images
“By downloading this software, you agree you are a very naughty boy or girl.”
Rename the ISOs to BMP images and say they’re art instead.
Isn’t Tails OS accountless? At least the non-persistent version.
Yes, even persistent isn’t really an account. It’s just a encrypted portion of the drive to store files between boots.