☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 25 days agoThe Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linuxwww.sambent.comexternal-linkmessage-square385linkfedilinkarrow-up1474
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minus-squarePseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoAh, but this time the government wants it to be able to be queried so that applications and web sites can decide what to do with you. That’s the difference.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoThe government’s wants are not in the PR. The PR is an optional JSON field. The field isn’t dangerous, you’re conflating two different things. The age verification laws are the threat, not an optional text field or the developer who added it.
minus-squarePseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoCompliance in advance is also a threat. Do not comply, do not begin to comply. It’s a fascist law. Any compliance is collaborating with fascists.
Ah, but this time the government wants it to be able to be queried so that applications and web sites can decide what to do with you. That’s the difference.
The government’s wants are not in the PR. The PR is an optional JSON field.
The field isn’t dangerous, you’re conflating two different things.
The age verification laws are the threat, not an optional text field or the developer who added it.
Compliance in advance is also a threat. Do not comply, do not begin to comply. It’s a fascist law. Any compliance is collaborating with fascists.