I think I'd feel the same way about race- or gender-attestation: none of your business. Let's not build the infrastructure into the operating system to selectively restrict civil rights by demographic.

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nh23423fefe a day ago | parent [-]

Doesn't make sense to invoke civil rights and pretend there are no legislative limits. If a law is passed requiring age verification and the component can't attest, then its blocked. You must attest your age to vote for example.

	▲	delichon a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not every device needs to be a secure voting machine. Civil resistance is an appropriate response to such an effort. The author prefers proactive cooperation.
	▲	youarentrightjr a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> You must attest your age to vote for example. How does this relate here, or to computing generally (barring electronic voting machines)?