Khrys3d ago

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/

The lasting damage was knowing it could happen at all: that a single contributor with no stated organizational backing could submit compliance infrastructure for surveillance law directly into the software that boots your computer, get it merged by two Microsoft employees, and have the creator of systemd personally block the removal.

The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp.

Sam Bent
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎

@Khrys (disclaimer: IANALAIDEPOOTV)

One remark and one comment:

Remark: the title says "tried to", the article says did -- and Poettering blocked a revert.

Comment: in countries where the GDPR applies, the feature appears contrary to article 5 as overbroad, even probably purposeless *per se* ; maybe also contrary to recent European decisions against generalized citizen data collection, too.

Mar 21 at 7:32amWeb
Show threadCypherS3d ago
@aaribaud @Khrys et donc ? quel est le rapport avec se poser la question du qui et du pourquoi ?
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎2d ago

@CypherSephiroth

Je ne crois pas avoir suggéré un rapport (encore moins spécifiquement avec une question "du qui et du pourquoi" dont j'ignorais qu'elle était posée), mais pour éviter toute confusion, j'edite mon post.

@Khrys

Show threadCypherS2d ago
@aaribaud À mon avis, cet article a comme sujet "Ce type décide d'ajouter une pseudo-fonctionnalité de vérification d'âge par collaboration. Dans quel but ?", pas "La législation de vérification d'âge ne respecte pas la limitation de collecte généralisée de données sur les citoyens, européens ou non."
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎2d ago
@CypherSephiroth Ton avis semble fondé. Mais en quoi le supposé angle de l'article sur les faits décrits interdit-il de faire des commentaires sur ces faits sous un autre angle ?
Show threadCypherS2d ago
@aaribaud J'interdis rien du tout. Je dis que je vois pas le rapport entre les deux prémisses.
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎2d ago
@CypherSephiroth Si par "les deux prémisses" tu entends l'angle de l'article et celui de mon commentaire, alors je renouvelle ma réponse : je ne vois pas la raison pour laquelle ils devraient avoir un rapport à part le fait de porter sur le même objet.
Show threadpatpro2d ago

@aaribaud
«in countries where the GDPR applies» <- you got this wrong, GDPR applies everywhere as soon as you are an European Union citizen.

Edit: correction «European citizen» -> «European Union citizen»

@Khrys

Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎2d ago
@patpro @Khrys Europe does not include all countries on whole Earth, does it?
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦1d ago
GDPR applies to protect the personal data of every EU citizen and every person domiciled in EU, never mind where and by whom that data is processed.
@aaribaud @patpro @Khrys
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎1d ago
@osma @patpro @Khrys How exactly is this a valid rebuttal of my statement about the (lack of) validity of the birth date field *in countries where the GDPR applies* ?
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦1d ago
GDPR applies everywhere.
@aaribaud @patpro @Khrys
Show threadAlbert ARIBAUD ✎1d ago
@osma @patpro @Khrys No, GDPR does not apply everywhere.