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my five year plan is basically to chill
it's only a proton if it comes from the steam deck region of valve corporation, otherwise it's just a sparkling wine
new rule: If it can say no to you, you don't own it.
Sums up my experience growing up
A lot of people have (fairly!) assumed this was age verification or at least lays the groundwork, but I think this isn't the case. There is always the danger of future bad legislation, but OS attestation doesn't pave the way for it, it provides a strong defense against it.
Identity verification online is a growing danger, but there's a way to get ahead of it without compromising with authoritarians or creating dangerous infrastructure. Let’s talk about age signals and how California’s already passed attestation bill might be a strong path forward. https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2026/03/22/os-level-age-attestation-is-the-good-one/?campaign=mtd
OS-Level Age Attestation is the Good One

Why we need OS-level age attestation systems even though age verification tech is unbelievably dangerous.

hang on I dropped my "modular operating system"
Trump people like Pete Hegseth don't care nearly as much about killbots as authoritarianism. The Anthropic conflict isn't about a negotiation, it's about making a show of rejecting the idea of consensual trade altogether. https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2026/03/03/anthropic-and-the-authoritarian-ethic/?campaign=mtd
Anthropic and The Authoritarian Ethic

Anthropic's token negotiation deeply offends the misanthropes

if you're publishing open source code, your enemies will use it. personal enemies, political enemies, class enemies. they will use it and derive benefit from it and there is _nothing you can do to stop it_. (no, licenses aren't it.)

i think that if you're not ready for this you should probably not publish open source code