Dylan "I read the law and I'm here to implement it" M. Tylor gets up in the morning and decides to write age verification code that he himself calls "hilariously pointless and ineffective", within a week strikes 4 repos off his list, and i bet the Linux Kernel is going to be next (I'm joking... mostly) It's worth noting that the first people who approved the PR on systemd repo are 2 big tech employees - Mircoslop and Redhat/IBM (why I'm i not surprised!!), someone then opened a revert PR, Lennart Poettering (systemd creator) closed it.. thus blocking the removal And this is why you now have Liberated Systemd, a fork of systemd without Age verification.. which IS 'hilariously pointless and ineffective' at saving children when engineers starts reading the law like a specification, this is what you get.. useful idiots. #ageverification #authoritarianism #SaveTheChildren #thinkofthechildren #epstein #surveillance #bigtech #government #privacy #anonymity #humanrights #FreeSoftware #freespeech #ubuntu #linux #fedora #arch #archlinux #agelesslinux #artix #whonix #tails #systemd #opensource #openknowledge #openaccess #cyberlaw #infosec

Honestly.. at first i was surprised (and disappointed) at some major Linux distributions not having a clear answer to age verification laws after weeks of their announcement, but then lots of them started discussing them. really! discussing them! what's there to be discussed? "maybe we can implement age checks in a privacy respecting manner? 👉👈" And it's just so happens this serves the corporation that you work for best interests! Big tech "Foss devs" have a clear conflict of interest here #ageverification #authoritarianism #SaveTheChildren #thinkofthechildren #epstein #surveillance #bigtech #government #privacy #anonymity #humanrights #FreeSoftware #freespeech #ubuntu #linux #fedora #arch #archlinux #agelesslinux #artix #whonix #tails #systemd #opensource #openknowledge #openaccess #cyberlaw #infosec

2008 #foss devs were warriors :doge: #ageverification #privacy #anonymity #surveillance #ubuntu #arch #fedora #kde #gnome #apple #google #degoogle #development #coding #github #discord #codeberg #linux #decentralized #FreeSoftware #selfhosting #cloudflare #python #rust #JavaScript #c #opensource

Did you know that #systemd already has `emailAddress`, `realName`, and `location` fields? but they where never meant for home users, only enterprise workflows, so adding `birthDate field` isn't really much work, and you could see why systemd doesn't consider that bloat And this is exactly why systemd is bloated because it doesn't consider lots of things to be bloat in the first place It's never a good idea to rely on software that serves corporations best interests, because corporations care about profit not principles, #FOSS principles. #privacy #anonymity #ageverification #ubuntu #fedora #linux #arch #pop_os #midnightbsd #bsd #surveillance #SaveTheChildren #thinkofthechildren

#systemd is forked, I encourage everyone to contribute by.... removing as much bloat as possible :blobeyes: #privacy #anonymity #opensource #ageverification

Not just Ageless Linux.. shoutout to #artixlinux for sticking to the free & open source software principles, I'm making the switch very very soon (to artix) we're living in a time where our current actions dictate what things would be like for the future generations, if you think a local checkbox (are you above 18?) is harmless, you should know that it's not about the checkbox! things become much worse when you comply, next thing: VPNs, next: take a guess! you get the idea #privacy #surveillance #ageverification #linux #systemd #agelesslinux #archlinux #ubuntu #fedora #meme

Most guys think they'll be like Leon Kennedy in a zombie apocalypse, but in fact they'll be like Grace Ashcroft :) #gaming #horror #humor #re9 #residentevil #residentevil9

why is this so hard to do for @Signal ? #privacy #kyc #surveillance #encryption

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@signalapp@mastodon.world phone number required! fine. but can't you add an option at the bottom of the screen to skip that and use a randomized I...

someone I know received this notification message on their #PayPal account, and by the way.. he never actually used his account for anything yet! "Sometimes we may not be able to offer services for an account for a variety of reasons, including local laws, our regulations, or the policies of our partners. After verification, we found unusual activity on this account that we cannot support. What can you do with your account? Your account has been permanently deactivated. However, you can still view your transaction history, download your account statements, or request copies of your data. Before we allow you to withdraw or transfer the remaining money from your account, we must suspend it for a period of up to 180 days in order to cover any financial liabilities. We will verify the account and send you an email when the money is available. How can you find out more? To learn more about the types of account activity that we can't support, see the Activities we support section of our Help."

@npub1mea2...qane helped the #FBI unmask anonymous protestor "Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account" to be fair, proton has the option to pay with #bitcoin (but will people learn their lesson?!) #privacy #government #control #surveillance

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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

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