Re: Age Verification

The fact that California would go against operating systems, despite them
almost never being involved in "adult" content, is definitely a red flag.
That kind of law seems to be a prelude to a future digital ID.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 4:57 PM Vincent F. Heuser Jr. <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2026/03/11 17:18 PM, Shaugn Nell wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like all parties in this email to seriously consider excluding
> Debian from the
> > age verification as it is one of the very few free OS's that allow
> freedom as well as
> > privacy. I Feel these age verification laws are unconstitutional and
> controlling.
> >
> > why this now all of a sudden ? people are concerned for their privacy
> and leaving
> > windows, this is not a state pushed agenda but rather a world
> organizational agenda and
> > if allowed will only be the start to many more evil things to come
> should you allow
> > Debian to cir cum to these demands.
> >
> > Debian is not a company but rather a community from the people for the
> people, lets not
> > forget why we do this and what it represents. they are loosing control
> and are scared
> > and to be honest whats happening now was purely just a matter of time.
> >
> > if they want age verification they themselves can take the source and
> compile it with
> > what they see and feel fit as a verification standard and should leave
> the original
> > Debian source alone for the rest of the world or just not be allowed to
> use this in
> > their states.
> >
> > on a side note the idiots pushing this agenda i bet have not thought to
> stop to think
> > about tv's... what OS is that based off ?... your cars.... this list
> goes on. this has
> > not been well thought out and rushed. Once the world realizes exactly
> what it is MS and
> > the rest of them are doing as they are, they will continue to leave
> MS... as they
> > currently are !
> >
> > Kindest regards
> > Shaugn
> +1
> When Debian starts generating and providing "adult" content, then Debian
> should add age
> verification, and not until.
> If we are going to comply with the patently unreasonable demand,
> then let's not forget to add the NSA and California AG back doors while we
> are at it.
> ~Vince Heuser
>
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