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The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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Only thing you get out of this compared to the alternative of malicious compliance is opening yourself up to attack. You can still fight this without painting a big target on your back.
Is there any evidence that they would go after random FOSS projects that aren't hosted or developed in the relevant jurisdictions? Don't comply in advance.
Defenders and writers of the evil code are the ones being targeted. You have this backwards and need a mirror.