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nixCraft 🐧1d ago

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @reddy_1975 for the heads up!

EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd

This reverts commit acb6624, reversing changes made to ba1caf0. Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" After extensive community discussion, legal review and c...

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Psycodepath 1d ago

people don't realize this, but this is how they infect a good product and build surveillance network. today it is age verification for OS, tomorrow they will come with sex verification to target LGBQT+ groups or country verification to target minorities or immgirations, etc.

Meta, the evil corp who is behind this, wants everything trackable, starting with your age &d id verification, KYC, & whatnot. it is my computer, & i am not going to be tracked. it is the same reason you use an adblocker

Ingonymous 1d ago

@nixCraft
Same shit:
Try to buy a car nowadays and tell me it is "your car".
Geo-tracking, telemetry, subscriptions...

scotty86 🇺🇦🕊️1d ago

@ingonymous @nixCraft This! I never accept the licence agreements of the "entertainment systems".

supersingular 1d ago

> Meta, the evil corp who is behind this

Wasn't the report that published on this revealed to be LLM garbage?

https://lobste.rs/s/ddrcpa/i_traced_2_billion_nonprofit_grants_45#c_alwe0c

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills

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Kevin Renskers 🇺🇦🇪🇺1d ago

@nixCraft maybe I’m misunderstanding but where’s the age verification? It looks like it’s just an optional field that they don’t do anything with?

Zło To 🏴‍☠️ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉᶠᶦᵈᵈʸ 1d ago

@kevinrenskers @nixCraft that's how it starts, but the stated purpose is "to protect the children" so obviously it will be found that a voluntary age/dob field is insufficient, so we need to share PII & send photos

Kevin Renskers 🇺🇦🇪🇺1d ago

@mattesilver @nixCraft Seems like quite a leap? I don't know, but it just seems like a lot of anger for basically nothing?

Zło To 🏴‍☠️ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉᶠᶦᵈᵈʸ 1d ago

@kevinrenskers it's already the law in UK, and all Western control-freak politicians praise it

Fahri Reza 🍉1d ago

@mattesilver @kevinrenskers @nixCraft

UK OFCOM (??) was suing 4Chan whose base is in the US, that didn't end up well

Zło To 🏴‍☠️ ᵗʰʳᵉᵉᶠᶦᵈᵈʸ 1d ago

@dozymoe
Except now these laws come to the US too
@kevinrenskers @nixCraft

The Doctor 1d ago

@kevinrenskers @nixCraft It's a pre-requisite for that functionality.

Once there's someplace to store it, there's something that can query it. Potentially lots of somethings.

Can Baysal 1d ago

@kevinrenskers @nixCraft there is no "need to know" for OS level functions for any age related info. For example, while I do not like this, it is understandable to store some biometrics in the OS, assuming they would not leave the safe storage (which is not a sensible assumption, alas) for security purposes. Age/ID related data however is not, cannot be, a subject of OS. It is very application specific, and it is folly for applications to accept any such info from OS as well.

Kevin Renskers 🇺🇦🇪🇺1d ago

@pegdhcp that’s fair

The Orange Theme 1d ago

@nixCraft > a good product

Okay, I wouldn't go that far.

@nixCraft Where the freacking heck that law about age verification tells it is applicable to anything not social media or based on onlines account. if you have hint while i search the answer, i would be glad!

Scott Michaud 1d ago

@Exaltia @nixCraft ...? Really?

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

Radek 🐧21h ago

@scottmichaud @Exaltia @nixCraft This can be applied only on CA, not accross borders.

ZephyrXero 1d ago

@nixCraft RFK Jr. already gave us a hint at the end goals last year. Location tracking of everyone

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rfk-jr-wants-every-american-wearing-smartwatch-track-their-health-2029-will-data-safe-1736702

RFK Jr Wants Every American Wearing a Smartwatch To Track Their Health by 2029 — But Will The Data Be Safe?

RFK Jr proposes a 2029 smartwatch initiative for all Americans to track health, sparking data safety concerns. His MAHA agenda aims to combat obesity.

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@nixCraft thus the only valid reaction is to proactively refuse to comply and actively sabotage such #cyberfascist efforts!

I mean, what's next?
- #Russia's #Roskomnadnozr demanding "#KYC" of #Users for using #WiFi chipsets?
- "P.R." #China's "Cybersecurity Administration" demanding system-wide blocking of #VPN & @torproject / #Tor?

Just like noone should comply with that #cyberfascism, so should noone comply with #US-based cyberfascism either!

Use #Monero and give #ITAR the finger…
- Refuse to finance #terrorism by refusing to create taxable revenue for U.S. corporations!

I certainly won't comply with cyberfascism in @OS1337 and any "#AgeVerification" is #fascist bullshit under false pretense that needs to be outlawed!

deutrino 10h ago

@kkarhan @nixCraft @torproject @OS1337 I've made a point of using XMR for such reasons. I'm well aware PoW is problematic and that people are using XMR to buy weed online or whatever (because it's sufficiently close to cash in practice). I am more concerned about state control and the fucking Fourth Reich. sorry not sorry.

@deutrino personally I think that #Monero is by far the least worst #Cryptocurrency and anyone who thinks '#ProofOfStake is less problematic than #ProofOfWork' never made ends meet working for a company that deals with #Ethereum, #Solana and that whole shitshow.

Like this shit is way more #WastefulCmputing and it's not just creating a shitload more CPU load, but literally burns through #NVMe - #SSD|s, uses a shitload of #RAM and uses a so much #Bandwith to the point that a single node can easily saturate a 10Gbit/s NIC.

Besides, any money transaction that doesn't go through #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard, #PayPal, … is not generating revenue for genocidal #Billionaires & #TechBros like #PeterThiel that want to literally kill everyone but their own Billionaire Caste since they believe they can just upload their minds like they have the Didact'a Composer…

Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead

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deutrino 9h ago

@kkarhan the people who hate PoW are typically focused on the climate impact of the electricity used, to the exclusion of all other considerations.

and I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be focused on. it's a major downside of the technology.

however.

@deutrino Problem is they also don't consider that the problem is that #PoS is even more explicitly cncentrating wealth than #PoW.

Plus said systems introduce literal #penalties for #downtime|s and lack of performance.

That's why I say #Monero is tge "least worst", not the best, as it does at least keep it's commitment to #privacy and still keeps thriving amidst huge incentives not to do so.

To the point that I'd not be surprised if someday we'd see #XMR-backed #cash for the sub - 6' mark or a "#Fastnero" fork with block times aroubd 1s…
- Cuz the only real (legitimate) complaint that I see around (besides "#Cryptocurrency = BAD!") is that it isn't fast enough for like #retail checkouts due to 2' per block, so worst-case it'll take 6' for a transaction to appear on-chain and be considered unrevokeable, and 24' till the transacted amount is spendable…

deutrino 9h ago

@kkarhan I do appreciate that least-worst distinction :)

so much of the cryptocurrency 'evolutionary radiation' or whatever you want to call it resulted in complete garbage. but there are a few which do have some potential benefits.

I try to make a tiny donation whenever a free software project I use has an XMR address, just to make a point. it's about all I can do given that capital is not concentrated in my possession. :P

@deutrino nodds in agreement

Also unlike many #Shitcoins one can at least exchange #Monero.

For Comparison, I've yet to find a #Stellar #Wallet that isn't garbage so I can get rid of this nonsense from #Keybase and have someone else have it.

scotty86 🇺🇦🕊️6h ago

@kkarhan @deutrino Pure PoS is capitalistic cancer. The richer you are, the more influence you have and the more profit you make.

Rupinder Kanwar 1d ago

@nixCraft Very true.