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  "path": "/t/age-verification-for-qubes-os-and-whonix-among-other-linux-distributions/35984#post_1",
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    "Qubes OS Forum – 4 Mar 26",
    "How much do we gotta worry about this Linux \"age verification\" BS?",
    "Whonix Forum – 4 Mar 26",
    "Whonix adding age verification?"
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  "textContent": "Qubes OS Forum – 4 Mar 26\n\n### How much do we gotta worry about this Linux \"age verification\" BS?\n\nGeneral Discussion\n\nI’ve been seeing news about the braindead bootlicker states of America trying to force “age verification” into Linux. I’m still not sure how much I should panic about this. I don’t see any of the communities of the distros I use talking about it,...\n\nReading time: 6 mins 🕑 Likes: 65 ❤\n\nWhonix Forum – 4 Mar 26\n\n### Whonix adding age verification?\n\nSupport\n\nWhonix will add age verification api. Please don’t. Ignore it. Privacy disaster for any program in user mode including browser js to query the age verification. Which is required “by law”. New fingerprinting mechanism: age bracket. In two years...\n\nReading time: 2 mins 🕑 Likes: 12 ❤\n\nThese are active, ongoing discussions on the Qubes OS and Whonix Forum with various external references to forges, mailing lists, and MediaWiki instances of other Linux distributions across the Internet.",
  "title": "Age Verification for Qubes OS and Whonix (among other Linux distributions)"
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