New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
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muffedtrims@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
It is insane how quickly this shit has appeared around the world.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 hours ago
Not insane. Coordinated. Organized. Elected.
Folks don’t want to hold Nazis accountable for their Nazi laws.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
insanesuspiciousChronographs@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
tboteproject.com Can thank the usual suspects
rozodru@piefed.world 3 hours ago
not really. it was a natural progression. with any online movement it always goes undergound > cool > profitable > user blocked > forced. we’re at the forced stage of social media. What I mean by this is at one point we found social media and even LLMs cool. companies decided they needed to capitalize on this cool new tech and make a buck out of so they in turn hammered ads and tracking into everything. the user eventually gets wise and blocks all of this while still consuming the product. So said companies now demand that world governments prevent people from out right blocking them so they can continue marketing to them and selling their data for a profit. They then mask this as “protecting the children”. All you have to do is look at whose financially backing these movements. Surprise, Surprise one of the top backers/lobbyists is Meta.
It moved quickly because it needed to move quickly otherwise the potential for lost profit was massive. LLMs are getting on board with this too because they’re not making any money and their best bet is to “age restrict” their bots so they an sell the users data. and user data from an LLM is INSANELY more valuable than say Facebook user data. Users are more likely to tell a bot things that they wouldn’t admit on social media…and there’s money to be made off that.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
This isn’t just social media. It’s the OS. It’s all of normal computing. Next it will progress to hardware and then we are truly fucked
ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Many people will switch to Linux (people will still work around SystemD, so don’t bring that up).
The part that will be the killer move is when they enact a law requiring all US hosted websites to enact age verification via attestation from the operating system. Some savvy people will get around that while they still have root, but then you’re gonna see a Google Play Services style ramp up where the attestation will only pass if Secure Boot is enabled, and eventually root is restricted.
U7826391786239@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
the masses will never comprehend that this is just the early stages of having every device tied to a name, address, and photo. until that’s exactly what happens, and then it’ll be the same “ohwellwhaddayagonnado. imma check my insta”
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 4 hours ago
It’ll be the same until “We noticed you follow an LGBTQ influencer on that Insta, please comply with the reeducation ICE crew who will arrive shortly.”
chunes@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
if that happens, techies will flee the web to something else. Gopher, Gemini, who knows. And then adapt it to their needs.
wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 2 hours ago
What happens if secure boot is enabled privacy wise?
ramble81@lemmy.zip 56 minutes ago
Secure boot by itself isn’t a bad thing. It basically just says the OS you boot from has to have a signed and approved bootloader/drivers. The problem is, the approval list is handled by the board manufacturer and not every version of Linux supports it since it has to be signed and approved. Also, if you have unsigned kernel level modules (such as an open source video driver) that can cause the process the break as the driver isn’t signed. I believe user space is much more accepting.
From a privacy aspect, it isn’t directly impacting, except it limits which distros you use, and may prevent you from doing other privacy related changes as a low level or forcing you to use signed binaries that you may not be able to audit.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Can someone Luigi Zuck, Musk, Besos and the whole gang?
13igTyme@piefed.social 4 hours ago
I prefer kirked. It was great to watch it, would enjoy watching others that deserve it.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org 8 hours ago
Next thing you know, you turn 18, you get a notification on your laptop saying you’ve been enrolled in the Selective Service, you get a knock on your door, a military officer greets you, and says, “Good morning! We’ve taken notice of your academics and your Steam library…have you thought about your future, son?”
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
“But I’m a League player!”
“We take those.”
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Not just black bagged and kidnapped to the nearest reeducation center?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 7 hours ago
Papers, please, comrade.
workerONE@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
So they’re going to need to start using identity certificates?
RejZoR@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
God forbid operating system had a flag that said “This device is used by a child” and it would be set by a fucking parent as part of parental controls and not nanny states.
Instead we need to provide our photos and ID scans to some incompetent 3rd parties to prove we are in fact adults. Make parenting parent’s job not the government. What the fuck is this?
Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Let’s be clear, we’re providing our biometric data to palantir, that’s all this is about
arin@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Just the usual Nazi state tracking citizens
artwork@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Isn’t it 99% not about “children protection” but general surveillance for everyone wrapped up in a “pretty” package that plays, again, on fears as the parenting and future?
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
This has nothing at all to do with actually protecting children. This is entirely about the fascist state cracking down on its citizens and restricting their freedoms.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 24 minutes ago
No, no, this is the communism Republicans warned us about!!1!ONE!
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 4 hours ago
“Problem” is, no one does that. And I get that its on the parents in that case but these lazy ass parents basically want the nanny state to nanny them. The people who want this basically are only allowed to get off on being repressed by some controling influence (God, the state, etc).
It also means kids get around it. I used the parental controls on mybson’t Xbix but he would just go play stuff at his friend’s house.
Also, mildly related, and maybe its changed, companies need to make it easier for parents to remove parental controls. Because if I remeber, back when I did that after he was older (he is like 27 now), it was a pain to remove his Xbox account from being associated with mine as a parent.
gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 5 hours ago
I don’t think any parents want their child flagged as a child online, would just make the kid a target