This isn't about age verification, this is about him sabotaging linux instead of sabotaging encroachment by authoritarians in every single aspect of life. He didn't have to go and shove the entire boot down his throat, but here we are.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/revoluciana-facing-fascism-sabotage

Sabotage sounds spicy. It sounds dangerous.

And yet, the underlying concept is simply this: inefficiency.

I told you last time, make every inch have its cost.

Resistance does not have to be violent, and that’s not something I’m advocating here. Resistance is the word no. Resistance is standing in place. Resistance is pushing.

Resistance is the albatross around the neck of your opposition. Resistance is the anchor that drags along the sea floor.

Here are some incredibly mundane but effective examples from the manual:

Make mistakes with purchasing travel tickets

Make engineering mistakes

Make long speeches and waste time

Act ignorant, or ask a lot of questions: if you’re not familiar with the concept of sea-lioning, you should really learn it

Take longer to do your work

Even if you’re terrified of doing more, this is simply a place to start.

You are someone and you have a responsibility to do something.

You cannot make it easier for the fascists to achieve their goals. You can’t do it today, and you can’t do it later if they claim authority. You must stand in the way of oppression.

its building a surveillance infrasttucture.

this feature does not solve a problem. but it is abusable by creating dependancies. it has no reason to exist. it is not there to solve a technical problem, but instead a political one.

I think we should start calling this age attestation rather than verification, or does the confusion help us here by making the linux ecosystem seem like it's more compliant than it is?