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Skankhunt420

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  • Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

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  • You know I remember when age verification was a thing on porn sites.

    No big deal, I was like 12 and could easily say "yupp, I was born April 20th, 1969" and there was no problem.

    Now, in several states that has escalated to you showing your ID.

    Do you think this is the end game? Systemd made it clear with this move that any kind of US law passed will be able to be honored by their architecture. They didn't take a stand that you would expect from pretty much the entire Linux community as a whole.

    And see the funny part is where you talk about "if the government wants age verification they have to do it themselves" they pretty much do in USA its called your social security number. Banks, auto dealerships, landlords etc use it all the time and its very effective.

    By not taking a strong stance against what is happening here you are paving the road brick by brick to having to provide full on SSN and very plausibly retina scans or something similar in the not so distant future before you can even login to your computer or phone.

    I don't understand, how people here are missing that. Fuck we are on Lemmy because we see how shit worked with things like reddit and others. Things always escalate when control and greed are the primary motivators.

    This will escalate. And when it does I want you to remember that people were rightfully making a HUGE FUCKING DEAL about when systemd started doing this because by then you will be able to see clearly how it led to whatever surveillance wet dream they are absolutely going to force on us. It will be clear, and this will be step 1 .

  • Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

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  • Well yeah, right now it is optional.

    What about when the law passes that says it's required on a federal level (yes I'm talking about USA). They added this one in pretty quick, do you think they would fold and be like "nah we stand for the users!"

    Or do you think they will build on what is already being added here?

    One inch, one centimeter, one millimeter of shit like this and eventually it keeps building until its inescapable. Until you need fingerprint or retina scans or fucking SSN or some other shit to login to your computer.

    I'm sure then you would take issue with it, but by then its too late for you and everyone else.

    Frog being boiled slowly and all that.

  • Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support

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  • As far as I can tell the Name Email and location are all voluntarily provided by the user.

    This is something that will be used whether you want it to or not (that makes it invasive) because of the laws around it (of course depending on where you are).

    Having fields I can ignore as a user isn't the same as this guided attempt by lawmakers to eventually get you to give ID and retina scans just to use a computer.

    This is step 1. That is why people are freaking out about it.

    And I know systemd isn't doing this out of spite, but I do wish the scene would stand up for the user more... Just say no California or whatever other shit place decides to enact that and boom problem solved. Not their fault or problem anymore.

  • The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US

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  • The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US

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  • Interesting addition to the "free market" system we all just love so, so much.

    Its obvious its for spying. Until there is a telescope stuck up every non rich citizens ass the US government will not give up.

    People should rewatch that interview with the creator of Lavabit and how the feds forced him into a shutdown because he wouldn't play their spy games.

    He is still not allowed to talk about all the details of it either. "What about my first amendment rights" he said in the interview.

    You know, just things in the land of the free™

  • Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app

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  • Dude someone mentioned this the other day and I pretty mu h went all in on Garmin GPS since then.

    I want to use comaps and organic maps and magic earth and all that but they just don't work well for me but the Garmin is on point.

    Plus they say they don't sell your data. But even if that's a lie I bought it used off Craigslist so its "Johns" data now.

  • Intel is reportedly preparing a 10% price increase for consumer CPUs

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  • Yeah good luck with that.

    What was it like less than a year ago they had ones fry inside people computers?

    I'm sure they forgot.

  • AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case

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  • Well its possible because we have a constitutional right to a speedy and quick trial in the united states.

    So, since it is a constitutional right they get to shit all over it and do whatever the fuck they want to us anyway.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto

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  • I feel like a decade or two (damn) ago now DailyMotion really had a chance man even Vimeo there for a min but then its like they just gave up fr.

    It was kind if interesting to see people using Pornbub there for a min and it would have been cool for them to try and lean into that more with like a sfw variant of some sort (called something different) because they are probably one of the only companies that have the ability to do it honestly and even then, idk if they could really do it like YouTube does.

    YouTube is the one single thing I haven't de googled myself from.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto

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  • You know that's not a bad idea at all I think the cut is better for them that way too they probably make significantly more for an individuals watch time from a donation on Patreon vs that person watching their video once or twice.

  • Is private age verification technically possible and if so how?

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  • I can't speak for every government in the world, but as far as the major ones go, USA, Russia, China - I have less than zero percent trust in any of their companies to handle my data in a private and safe way.

    It just isn't happening. They will dissect it, sell the data points they can, surveil you with the other data points, train AI with it and all kinds of other shenanigans. And most people know this.

    That's why you can't just go right in to doing that, gotta help me adults think they're helping children and society at large first. Start with something small, just a small inconsequential right they lose ("Oh, I have to input my age to access this site") and then raise the stakes a little ("Oh, now I have to input my picture ID, ok")

    Until it escalates into full inescapable 24/7 surveillance against you. And far from before that moment in time its already too late.

    Once they implement this, its already too late.

  • North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says

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  • Ok so real question to this,

    Are they using some sort of equipment that regular civilians (in the rest of the world) don't have access to or are they really just that talented with this? I struggle to produce good videos of AI "people".

    Don't get me wrong I know their hacking team is one of the best in the world I understand that but a lot of the time they just seem to be using regular shit like AI and social engineering to do exploits.

    Weren't they the ones that robbed a bank by using an AI phone call looking like the owner?

    I had to leave a job one time because I lost my hard copy or SS card and they wouldn't take a printed copy.

    How the hell are these guys able to use AI like this and get away with it for so long??

  • North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says

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  • Boy can you imagine the James Webb telescope they would shove up your ass if someone from North Korea stole your identity and used it to get paid from an American company?

    Like would the US authorities just take your word for it surely not right? I'm thinking minimum of like a 30 day investigation and your electronics seized.

    Idk just thinking about that scenario though is wild like "Oh man my identity got stolen how the fuck could my life get any worse?" KNOCK KNOCK

  • White House releases video promoting ‘justice the American way’ featuring Hollywood characters

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  • Do they shoot boats out of the water and double tap survivors and blow up all children girls schools?

    If not I'm kind if feeling like its not doing reality justice.

  • Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cable

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  • It isn't dead in the water. Google reversed that decision and also I believe part of a lawsuit against google before said it had to maintain the AOSP.

  • Your Pixel can now double up as a full Android PC with nothing more than a USB-C cable

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  • Because now they have OEM support.

  • Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

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  • I think this highlights Microsoft's inability to connect with its customers even more than the AI and shit.

    They really just do not give a shit about the consumer, at all.

    Its insane people put up with it on their own personal machines I get for work or whatever.

  • Trump Administration Withholds $260 Million In Medicaid Funds for Minnesotans

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  • How did the first one go?

  • Trump Administration Withholds $260 Million In Medicaid Funds for Minnesotans

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  • Idk man I honestly doubt that's true.

    These people that support trump and friends are fucking feeble minded idiots.

    You will show them graphs and even replay this exact speech straight from Jizz Dicks mouth and they will hear something on Fox news about how a school is letting a furry kid use a litter box for the bathroom and they're coming for your children next!!

    And then they will straight up, 100% vote for this shit again. Seriously. It would be a fascinating case study if I didn't have to be directly affected by the absurd stupidity of it all day to day.

    My apathy and cynicism grows exponentially every single day.

  • Trump Administration Withholds $260 Million In Medicaid Funds for Minnesotans

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  • Says on there that was for the last day of the last month (January).