grue comments on Systemd adds age verification

submitted 6 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev

Not to mention that they locked the unpopular pull request from reactions.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

Yes, I expect them to stand up for the rights of users. Why don't you?

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[–] mech@feddit.org -3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Adding an empty age column in a file that already contained one for your full address doesn't violate anyone's rights.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago*

It's complying in advance, when civil disobedience is called for.

The problem isn't the technical change itself; the problem is the motivation and context.

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[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

The premise for why it's being added however, subjectively does.

Which you know.

Also full address and name aren't mandatory, so it's not really a good comparison.

edit: I just realised i also replied to the same comment from you elsewhere in this thread.

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[–] logging_strict@programming.dev 1 point 6 months ago

Rights? Why does the question of rights arise when discussing malware?

wtf! Everyone has an excuse for absolute everything and anything.

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