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systemd also stores the real name of the user using this computer in the same user record. Why not remove that as well, as it could uniquely identify the user o
by dark-star 7mo ago
systemd also stores the real name of the user using this computer in the same user record. Why not remove that as well, as it could uniquely identify the user of the computer? Or the uuid field...
- gzread 7mo agoBecause this is a reactionary political statement and not a well thought out privacy project
- iamnothere 7mo agoFunny that the supposed “reactionary” statement is the one opposing bills backed by anti-porn activists and the Heritage Foundation.
- BoredPositron 7mo agoThe problem is the law itself not whether a software package complies with it. Let me rephrase: people like you are the real problem, rather choosing to harass software maintainers that are merely following a ridiculous law instead of harassing your government to not implement it.
- duskdozer 7mo ago"Just following orders"
- BoredPositron 7mo agoThe thing is you can do something against these orders like we in the EU do every year against chatcontrol and other ridiculous laws. It's in your hands... stop sitting on them and stop moralizing other people's behaviour if you do jack shit yourself. If we will ever see the problem that some software mantainers have to comply to a law that will directly kill people you can bring your nazi talking points back to the table.
- duskdozer 7mo agoLike OpenAI and drones, for example?
- BoredPositron 7mo agoDespite the name OpenAI is not an OSS Project.
- Helpline9733 7mo agoYet OpenAI has programmers implementing integrations with military technology. Those programmers are "just following orders." Nazi Germany weaponry was not an OSS project, it still killed millions.
- dark-star 6mo agoguys, it's just a friggin data field in a local config file! Nothing that will end the world. You can all come back when that supposed "law to force OSS to implement an actual age verification" is being discussed. Otherwise, please get rid of all your knives (those are used to stab people by the thousands RIGHT NOW!) and your guns (those are used to shoot people by the thousands RIGHT NOW!) before complaining about a feature that is killing nobody
- cindyllm 6mo ago[dead]
- gzread 7mo agoYeah, that's what reactionary means. Just blindly opposing things.
- cogman10 7mo agoBecause the law requires the operating system to take proactive measures to ensure the age is correct. You can put "Luke Skywalker" into the name fields, or even nothing at all, and there's no legal mandate that those fields be filled in or accurate. The birthdate, however, has a legal mandate to be correct and checked for correctness by the software developers of the OS. For example, if you visit facebook, tinder, or your bank and any of them store and communicate your actual age, the OS is mandated that it must update that field. Google's creepy analytics would also get involved here as if you put your age as a 99 year old, but google analytics show you are more likely to be 20->25 then the OS is supposed to update that age field with the better information from google. And of course, facebook, google, and every other website can ask your browser for an age range and they are required to report it. Which makes this a symbiotic leaking of information. All of this is about destroying anonymity on the internet. Today it's the age that needs to be perfect with communication efforts. Tomorrow it'll be the name. And of course, that will all be linked to every social media account. Why is this bad? In many governments, it isn't. However, this presents a clear mechanism to track and monitor people who dissent with the government.
- dark-star 7mo ago> The birthdate, however, has a legal mandate to be correct and checked for correctness by the software developers of the OS. please tell me which law mandates that the birthdate that I put in a config file on my PC has to be correct?