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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 52 points 3 months ago (1 child)

its not even about "protecting the innocent" is about snooping on potential dissidents/ threats to the status quo of the govt.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    The whole digital footprint thing is really having me dawn a tinfoil hat. I was doing Uber a few days ago, and listening to Pandora. I spoke very limited, and brief, Spanish to two riders and I immediately started getting full on español ads on Pandora! Like I don't speak fluent Spanish! Your ad budget is legit getting wasted.

    But I am a little flattered thinking the algorithm thinks I do.

    Dunno where I was going with this, but I'm excited to see Linux growing, and hope it gets mainstream enough that a year old unlocked phone has a fork.

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