@madcuzbad @sickburnbro some countries and states in the US are implementing laws that require operating systems to implement an age verification system for the user to be able to create a local account. Said requirement is a privacy nightmare and will involve shit like taking pictures of your face and showing them your ID, and will obviously be used for both data mining and censorship, but there are people even in the Linux world who are eager to implement this shit. I've heard rumors that there was a huge lobby from Meta to pass those laws. They will require said age verification not only for the OS, but for any social media platforms or application stores, and Meta is very interested in collecting this data.