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[–] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Would it be possible to add a layer on top that shows you when an app requests it, and shows you a checkbox about what you want it to report? Or just block the call as not supported.

Faking it to be child (or just random with each request) until you need a higher number could mess up with advertisers and in general fingerprinting.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago*

    I think it is accessed through xdg-protal, and the usage tracking and permission etc. likely happen at that layer.

    The xdg-desktop-portal project is adding an age verification portal (flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#1922) that needs a data source for the user's age. userdb already stores personal metadata (emailAddress, realName, location) so birthDate is a natural fit.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    This is all wrong to me, schools and parents should educate their kids and take interest in what they are doing online, it shouldnt be forced by the government.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This seems to be Linux's Microslop. Not only did they add it to Systemd, they banned users on Reddit for just talking about it. I laughed when Microsoft banned users for using the term Microslop. Not so funny now, I guess.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This is where systemd will become what xz damn near did.

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

    To xz author credit, he bite the bullet and did the work to undue the rogue maintainer's damage.

    Dude doesn't wear a cape, but he could totally get away with it!

    6yo: Hey that guy is naked except for a cape and platform stiletto heels!

    mother: Yeah that's the xz author. He could get away with anything at this point and the world would cheer

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They add a field you can add a date to if you want. Seems reasonable

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    [–] 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Oof, I might have to figure out another distro that doesn't use Systemd, given that it is very common to find on most Linux distros. I wonder if I will jump into the deep end and use FreeBSD or perhaps learning NixOS to declare the banishment of Systemd from my system.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    NixOS is very tightly coupled to systemd, though there are efforts to change that

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I've been reading about that myself...There are people trying to build an alternative init system for NixOS, looks like that effort is a long battle. FreeBSD could be a very hit or miss prospect for me, as I'd need to confirm the hardware support before making the jump. I have a 2021 PC, my general hardware would be supported in theory...The NVIDIA and Wayland support would make or break my choice, as I don't want to use smelly X11. It's time to move on from that antiquated display server.

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    [+] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (19 children)

    Now I am wondering how many distros will use another init after this.

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    [–] 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    No they haven't, they added a field where a user can store their birthday, as required by law in parts of the US.

    Or do you recommend them to ignore the law, and jeopardize the whole project? Do you want linux get banned in California? You are mad at the wrong people

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Literally yes. I want them to force CA and other places considering these laws to actually evaluate the cost of locking their IT infrastructure out of Linux for this. I want them to demonstrate that a relatively small area of the world can't just change the trajectory of international open source projects at their own whim.

    At this point that is by far the strongest option available to push back against this mess, and they just completely fucking trashed it in some misguided attempt to "play ball".

    Now, all the government numptys who don't understand tech will just point to systemd and go "it wasn't a problem for them, you're just being difficult" when it comes to furthering their overreach.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    No they haven't, they added a field where a user can store their birthday, as required by law in parts of the US.

    That's an obvious foot in the door. The law is going to get worse. And we users expect the services we've been trusting all this years to see that too and act accordingly in response. As long as the critiscism remains civil, it's perfectly valid.

    Do you want linux get banned in California?

    There is no single Linux. Each distro should have the agency to decide for themselves how or if they want to operate in California.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    This entire problem would go away if these projects just changed their terms of service to ban running in California. The tech sector runs on Linux, having Linux deny service over this would immediately see lobbying to kill the law start in Ernest.

    This is true elsewhere too of course, but the buying power of Silicon Valley can't be ignored.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    @infeeeee@lemmy.zip @Sunshine@piefed.ca @privacy@programming.dev

    Or do you recommend them to ignore the law, and jeopardize the whole project? Do you want linux get banned in California? You are mad at the wrong people

    IMHO, having Linux Foundation and the organizations behind Linux components (such as systemd) to follow the same steps that of IBM back in 1930s (similarly, IBM was just "following orders", amirite?) wouldn't be wise, either.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Errr absolutely yes! Either grow a pair or i won't be one of their users.

    Are we going to abide by laws in North Korea or China next?

    Coders write the code, not the Epstein government types.

    We as coders can say absolutely no. Like the doctors should have during scamdemic.

    When will systemd be banished off all servers on the planet?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Systemd has finally croaked. Time to remove that garbage.

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