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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live (uk.pcmag.com)
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This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[–] 25 points 2 days ago (19 children)

I thought open source projects were except from this, thus won't be a requirement on Linux

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (14 children)

    That doesn't stop apps and services from blocking Linux and specifically requiring Windows or Mac.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago (13 children)

    No but stops your ID being required to login to your own computer

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  • [–] 9 points 2 days ago* (12 children)

    You'd be cut off from most of the web best-case, potentially even the entire web worst-case if this moves up the chain to the ISP level and ISPs start requiring trusted OSes like Android, iOS, Windows, or macOS to even access the web, at which point the entire global web becomes an NK-style intranet, and I wouldn't be surprised if some legislators are actively considering taking it that far.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (9 children)

    If it gets like that them I think everyone moves to some darkweb or something

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    What's stopping the dark web from being blocked?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    At some point it could get to that, but even Chineae residents find a way out of being blocked. If it gets totally restricted then maybe we go to a peer mesh net and bypass ISPs.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    How will you order your meshtastic radio if you cannot access the web, and how long will it be before it’s made illegal anyway?

    No one will know about the disappearances because the news comes from the cloud companies. Like it never happened.

    I swear some of you are still out to brunch, still think that we’re not all seen as disposable prisoners

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    This is probably a bad take but like, good?

    Most of the web is trash nowadays anyway. We should all go back to Gopher and Finger, or other similar modern implementations of the same ideas like Gemini, Spartan, and Titan. Those are small enough to easily roll out over mesh networks that can't be easily governed.

    Http is dead. Long live the internet.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago*

    Gopher runs on top of the internet, so that solves nothing. Finger is... more or less useless in this context.

    You would need a whole new physical layer, and maybe replacement for the TCP and IP protocols. The later is probably doable, the former will struggle unless/until there are lots of users with the new hardware.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Yes, in California... for now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    “We’re sorry, the OS you are using does not provide the required age and ID verification, We are unable to log you in. Please use a verified device such as an Amazon Fire tablet, Google Pixel 11 with manufacturer’s Android OS, iOS, or Windows 12 device. (**macOS compatibility is planned for a future release)”

    It’s a trap, dumbass

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