Dan Gillmor

The U.K. accelerates toward police state status, by requiring the equivalent of a license to read and speak online. Worse, it drastically undermines your personal security.

The US is moving this way, too. Wake up, people, because it's almost too late.

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access

No ID Checks for Web Access

Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services". This is supposed to give the Government the power to ban under 16s from social media but “internet services" is a very broad definition, which means any online platform can be included. The wording of the amendment means they could do this without even having to prove that these sites are harmful for children.

Open Rights Group
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Show threadferricoxideMar 5
@dangillmor

It's funny… California has recently passed legislation that will require OS vendors to implement an age-check API in their operating systems. I'm on a mailing-list for a specific Linux distribution where this is the topic of conversation. So many of the participants seem to be of the mindset of "well, this probably doesn't apply to us since we're not in California". All I can think is, "yeah, but this is coming to_LOTS of places_: better to be ahead of it — both to fight it and be ready if the fights fail to cause a course-change."
Show threadWaitman GobbleMar 6
I read the CA bill. On new user signup can add 'age of user' and store that in ~/.config/age.txt or something. Also with A,B,C or D depending on which group. The user can edit the file after their birthday if they wish.
Show threadCM ThiedeMar 5
@dangillmor almost too late? Only a handful of people stood up and said the Patriot Act was a bad idea that would only lead the country down a dark path. That was over 20 years ago. Snowden blew the lid off where that path was taking us just over a decade ago. Which puts us at where we are today, nations surveilling their citizens for the sake of everyone's "security." Actions have consequences, as do inactions. Make good choices!
Show threadVanilla GorillaMar 6
@dangillmor
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/ask-a-security-trainer-whats-the-best-version-of-linux-for-privacy/
Ask a security trainer: What’s the best version of Linux for privacy?

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Show threadSteveMar 6
@dangillmor how to the imagine that would be at all enforceable?