Apple is rolling out age verification for UK iPhone and iPad users, a move the author sees as overreach since UK law doesn't compel hardware manufacturers or OS makers to do this. The post connects this to broader trends: Systemd has an open pull request adding age verification, and Flatpak is discussing implementation, both driven by a California law (AB1043). The author raises practical questions about how age verification would work on Linux where users are their own root administrators, questioning who would verify the data and how trust would be established.
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