hearing that the systemd file will apply the age verification seems like a small thing but in reality they are touching the most delicate part of what most Linux-based distributions currently use.

if the kernel is like the heart of Linux, for many distributions, systemd is like the brain of the operating system, it is responsible for starting the boot when you turn on the PC, it allows the execution of user profiles, turning off, suspending and restarting the system, helps open applications and keep them running, it allows several runs in parallel controlling various parts of the hardware including the internet connection.

so if the first thing that file does is, instead of doing its tasks, it reviews the user’s status, connects to external servers to approve the execution, we are talking about the operating system, someone outside could control everything you can do with it. your pc.

if the age verification laws in the operating system decide not only to limit themselves to just giving your age to classify users in a category and start asking for ID, connect the PC to external servers such as those of the PERSONA company or the servers of Au10tix found in Israel, we are talking about how when your PC starts up, the first thing it will do is connect to a database and check if they allow you to use your own PC or if not, they block you from your own machine.

let’s imagine what things they can do if they only control that point:

If you do or publish something they don’t like, they could turn you off or lock your PC from the outside by locking your own machine.

If systemd is also asked to send what you hear on your headphones, what things you are ru

nning and how long you use your PC, they could ban you from your own profile and tell you you can only use your PC at x hours or worse than Now block basic functions by returning them to subscriptions in which you must pay, for example, just to use the mouse what keyboards can you only buy or what services can you only receive, because this also takes care of port connections.

They could make certain applications never run by leaving the user only able to run applications that they only approve by limiting what things one can install and what things one cannot install on their own PC.

or worse, with just a systemd update they could turn off all bitcoin or monero nodes, because it is said that it is more advisable to run nodes in Linux because of how Libyan they are compared to Windows a backdoor would no longer be necessary in ASIC chips because with that point alone they can prohibit one from running their own nodes or having their own wallets.

trying to leave systemd is not so easy because most distributions use this library because it is the fastest and most comfortable. Trying to switch to other libraries would involve modifying their distributions from within, something that many will not be able to do.

if many distributions had resisted not applying age verification, just with an update to that library they already had an entire surveillance system sneak in without needing approval from any developer.

this move was like killing 1000 birds with a single shot.