As long as I’m root in Linux there’s nothing that can be done about me doing whatever I want with that field. I’ll be born in 420-6-9, name “blaze” surname “it”.

That’s the difference between windows and Linux. In Linux I’m truly root, the I do control everything in it, sometimes to my detriment, but definitely in my benefit in these occasions.

Also, anything the Spanish government wants to protect, is as easy as forcing us to use a free to emit electronic certificate that personally identifies us, which is already used to enter public services webpages in a secure way.

That age thing is actually way more useful that proper bullshit age verification, because parents, actual parents, can set a user account for their kids on the PC, and then that field would actually be valuable to limit access to tools. You know, instead of surrendering power to the government, which this tool doesn’t do, you would be giving power to parents to be proactive in protecting their kids.

Isn’t that one of the most prominent talking points against mas surveillance based kid protection? Of which I completely agree, about giving tools and power to parents so they can better cater the exposure of their kids, without surrendering control, I mean.