ArmchairAce1944Feb 27

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

https://lemmy.ca/post/61071144

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136 [https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136] > Apparently this will include Linux…

Show threadwuffahFeb 27

We now live in an age where software controls the user, instead of the other way around. It is now an instrument of surveillance and control, instead of liberation.

Age verification is a violation of the user’s rights of the highest order, and using “protecting children” as a justification is a disgusting and egregious hypocrisy.

This is the end of digital privacy.

Show thread_‌_反いじめ戦隊Feb 28
When did you ever actually believe users controlled software again?
Show threadPrince Aster [He/They/Zir]
Don’t really know what they’re talking about. Software has existed as an industry longer than it was a community. And the industry pushed back hard on the idea of software freedom in the early days.
Feb 28 at 5:45amWeb
Show thread_‌_反いじめ戦隊Feb 28
Precisely why I am questioning wuffah. I want know when, if ever, e experienced such a thing. Because from my recollection, software was always under the control of the seller.