Neil Brown10h ago
The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
Show threadNeil Brown10h ago

Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.

Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.

* No age or ID verification

* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run

* No third party accounts

Show threadEggs now in different baskets.

@neil I have never used my full name when setting up my user on a personal Linux device.

I generally give computers hostnames that do not identify the devices type.

My email addresses to do not include my name nor parts of my name.

My online usernames are unique per site and do not contain references to my real name.

Not that this helps much with device fingerprinting as it is today but I feel I have to try to do something.

Every act of resistance counts.

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Show threadtinydoctor4h ago

@the_wub @neil

I stopped using my real name on online 25 years ago.