Mastodawn

Ughhhh if the fucking California legislature forces me off GrapheneOS and back onto Android, I may have to just go back to using a flip phone. I CANNOT DO IT.

https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-refuses-age-verification/

#Privacy #Surveillance #GrapheneOS #Google

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

The privacy-focused Android fork would rather lose market access than collect user data at setup.

It's FOSS

Lisa Kalayji 3d ago

Zack Whittaker Mar 18

FBI director Kash Patel confirms the FBI is buying location data and histories that can be used for tracking people. It's the first time in recent years that the FBI has said it's actively buying this information, without needing a warrant.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/fbi-buying-data-track-people-patel-00834080

Lisa Kalayji 3d ago

penpencilbrush🇨🇦Mar 19

Just in case you didn't know, your library provides access for you to online magazines and newspapers, in many languages. Free.

All the popular ones. Free.

Covering Food & Drink, Art, Outdoors, Sports, Computers & Tech, Gaming, Animals & Pets... just about every topic. Mainstream. FREE!

Use your library. Free.

#Library #LibrariesRule

Lisa Kalayji 3d ago

Martin Sutherland 6d ago

So, I rented a FLIR thermal imaging camera for the weekend, for the serious purpose of checking the windows and overall insulation of our house.

But you can also take cat pictures with this thing.

#caturday

Lisa Kalayji Mar 13

Oakland got real cute about Alysa today 💛

#Oakland

Lisa Kalayji Mar 7

Unicorn Riot Mar 7

The 'Rojava experiment' emerged from the Syrian revolution as a political program to reorganize society according to the explicitly feminist and ecological concepts of democratic confederalism. In post war Syria, Rojava now faces total extinction.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/rojava-pushed-to-the-brink-as-syrian-government-advances/

Rojava Pushed to the Brink as Syrian Government Advances - UNICORN RIOT

The reconstituted Syrian army recently launched a mass invasion of Rojava capturing up to 80% of its territory within two weeks.

UNICORN RIOT

Lisa Kalayji Mar 7

The Chariot 🌊🌕

#StreetTarot #Oakland

Lisa Kalayji Mar 3

Every tech professional: "Strong passwords come from length, not complexity - you can't get your digital security info from your grandma or whatever"

Every website ever: "Your password must be highly complex and be a max of 14 characters"

Lisa Kalayji Mar 3

Chris Silverman 🌻Mar 3

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration

Lisa Kalayji Mar 2

Walker Mar 2

Age verification for OS installation.

This law was written and passed by people who have no idea how computers or the internet works.

Gavin Newsom should be repeatably kicked in the nuts, run out of town covered in tar and feathers for signing this.

Easy - Windows, Mac, Stock Android (Google).

Hard / Impossible - Linux, legacy OS, Smart Devices, Automation aka Cloud formation? Am I to tell my clients that if they scale up new OS on the fly that each needs to be ID verified?

Very Impossible - Hardware / Low Level OS (network gear, IoT devices, medical devices). You need a local account setting up a Cisco router or switch.

What about air gaped / no internet situations? Would I be prevented from installing an OS if I do not have the internet?

I have a Proxmox cluster full of VMs and containers in my basement. Do I need to get ID verified for each LXC container that has a user account?

What about the rest of the world? So fucking stupid and myopic.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law

#ageverification #california #newsom #gavinnewsom #privacy #stupidity #azure #aws #selfhosted

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.

Tom's Hardware

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