Whonix adding age verification?

[Patrick]

System76:

Carl Richell (@carlrichell@fosstodon.org)

• Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states
• system76

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How much do we gotta worry about this Linux "age verification" BS?

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• Illinois Bill IL SB3977 (Children’s Social Media Safety Act)
  • discussion: https://legiscan.com/politicorps/debate/fvwy4zdg/thread/a80v0s0w
  • text: https://legiscan.com/IL/text/SB3977/2025
    • (found here: Re: On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states)

@crabprogrammer

So we should think about how it’s possible to bring in new whonix developers who are anonymous.

There is no magic solution to this. Getting new developers - anonymous or non-anonymous - would always be good - completely unrelated to any laws.

The issue is, there is no sustainable business model. Let alone, for a completely anonymously run project.

Related: Open Source Business Models