A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.
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@wwahammy
Also this is most likely illegal under gdpr as collecting personal data that is not required for the system to work is illegal. Only necessary data should be collected. So they just made systemd illegal in Europe. Good job. -
@artemis @wwahammy this isn't complying in advance, it's complying with the law. Which passed unanimously through the California assembly and senate and was signed into law by Gavin Newsom in 2025. It's not going to be repealed.
Open source projects do not have the type of budget that allows them to merely ignore the law and shrug off fines and legal fees.
@smn it is only the law in California
projects should simply add a disclaimer "this product is not legal in regions that require OS level age verification" like they used to for the bundled codecs
the US isn't the entire world and people from there need to stop pushing their bullshit onto everyone else
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In case anyone is unclear, since I hear he's also campaigning on this Linux age-gating trash:
Bryan Lunduke is a fascist hatemonger. He represents the absolute worst in free software and I believe he should be ostracized from any and all parts of our community. He wants software freedom for himself and in the abstract but despises individuals expressing their freedom. He believes in a software freedom that is hollowed out and missing love.
@wwahammy also, linux is missing love too. accessibility stack lags behind even NVDA 2016.x
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How about targeting with revolts politicians and not opensource developers?
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A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.
This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.
@wwahammy I wish them scabies and arms too short to scratch themselves!
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@konomikitten the vast majority of people (over 95%!) do not live in the US
the US *is* an asinine overseas country passing bullshit laws
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A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.
This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.
@wwahammy How many youth were involved in the considerations you made when building YOUR opinion on the matter?
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