Mastodawn

Looking forward to the madness of deciding on the age of service users on our Linux machines.

Lawmakers in California believe #GeneralPurposeComputing is missing #AgeVerification, and core #Linux projects having a fit of #AnticipatoryObedience bringing this sh*t to all other jurisdictions as well. Can't be that long before gender or sexual orientation are mandated next.

Seriously, any plans / perspective by distros like #Debian to confine such f*ckery to the respective jurisdiction?

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SkyNTP Aug 3, 2023

The pioneers (tech giants) of this space hoard the technology for themselves. How is the next generation going to pioneer new tech innovations when they don't even grow up in an environment where they can learn about #generalpurposecomputing ? Because general purpose computing will be locked away from the public. This is not just a disaster for privacy and liberty, this greed is a disaster for the economy.

SkyNTP Aug 3, 2023

"When Schmidt and McNealy and Zuck tell us that we don't have #privacy or we don't want privacy, or that privacy is bad for us, they're disguising a demand as an observation. "Privacy is dead" actually means, "When privacy is dead, I will be richer than you can imagine, so stop trying to save it, goddamnit."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/02/self-incrimination/#wei-bai-bai

Cory Doctrow got the insight on #enshitification right, and now nails this insight on a dark age on #generalpurposecomputing that the tech giants want.

Pluralistic: Forcing your computer to rat you out (02 August 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Christian Pietsch (old acct.)Mar 27, 2022

@brainrum

Dann werden halt #Keylogger und #Screenrecording vorgeschrieben. Apple und Microsoft machen sicher mit.

Und andere Betriebssysteme wie BSD und Linux werden dann eben auf PCs verboten. Es ist ja jetzt schon so, dass manche Linux-Distributionen sich von Microsoft abhängig machen, damit sie auf allen Desktops und Laptops lauffähig sind. Das nennt sich dann "Secure Boot".
https://linuxhint.com/secure-boot-linux/

Cory #Doctorow nennt das "The War on General-Purpose Computing": https://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-purp.html

#secureboot #uefi #generalpurposecomputing #Chatkontrolle #chatcontrol