luna the doggie  1d ago
The Linux age verification shit where suddenly upstreams everyone relies on are complying in advance is just another day of US having disproportionate power in setting standards for tech that everyone then has to follow.
Show threadluna the doggie  1d ago
DNS? the root of control is in the USA, most gTLDs owned by huge corporations.

TPM2? doesn't support arbitrary EC curve parameters as a baseline entirely because only supporting the NSA ones makes it easier to comply with US export control laws for companies based there.

there's probably a lot more but this is just off the top of my head

I heard opinions that with a lot of standards initiatives decisions are largely made during in-person meetings in the US so if you cannot participate for any reason your voice is excluded. Seems about right seeing how everything looks like.
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@lunareclipse Icann is a US-based organisation, with former links to the US government

There is no oversight of the Internet that is truly international nor bound by international laws. It is not treated as the common heritage of our civilisation

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