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The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux
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Some of them might know how to use a torrent client though.
You'll get age-gated in a heart beat.
They're going to put age verification on pirating too!?
No, this would be absurd.
Well, very possibly.
That's actually a funny consequence I hadn't thought of. A media company could go to a pirating site and then file a police report claiming neglect of child protections. That could really start to spiral quick...
Yeah, currently it is perfectly legal to host piracy sites.
(do I really need an /s?)