https://blog.matthew-kennedy.com/tags/systemd/Recent content in Systemd on Blog | Matthew Kennedy.comHugoenFri, 20 Mar 2026 17:37:00 -0500https://blog.matthew-kennedy.com/posts/20260320t173728--technical-exhaustion-and-the-downfall-of-systemd__ageverification_linux_systemd/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:37:00 -0500https://blog.matthew-kennedy.com/posts/20260320t173728--technical-exhaustion-and-the-downfall-of-systemd__ageverification_linux_systemd/<p>I opened <a href="https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elfeed</a> (the best RSS reader) to see this post</p> <p><a href="https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/</a></p> <p>I was struck by many thoughts and emotions, mainly those of &ldquo;What the hell?&rdquo; and a general feeling of frustration. Amongst all of this, I also felt something that has become all to familiar to me in this era in which we live: mental exhaustion.</p> <p>These days, it seems like we live in a never-ending nightmare for privacy and our basic rights to live our lives in peace. This age verification garbage is just the next step in the march towards complete monitoring (think <a href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168083W/Nineteen_Eighty-Four?edition=key%3A/books/OL3174961M" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1984</a>, but with a nice coat of &ldquo;Think of the children!&rdquo;).</p>