<![CDATA[“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can.]]>“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. corporations do it constantly and I really doubt any of them will drop linux if it doesn’t comply with a set of godawful fascist age verification laws. historically one of the forms of pushback against unjust laws is to show some basic fucking solidarity and do nothing to assist in their enforcement because it really isn’t practical to sue everybody, but unfortunately solidarity is alien to most of these computer fuckers

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/eddf7e2c-435a-4212-b77f-321625b2f85a/software-can-t-just-ignore-laws-it-doesn-t-like-it-literally-can.RSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 16:31:40 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 19:49:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:27:25 GMT]]>@prism @zzt my worry about these ridiculous new laws is that they are either entirely impossible to really implement or will destroy entry into computers for kids.

percieved "violation" of the nonsense laws will be applied at will by oppressive agencies to harass people on demand.

but your point about accessibility is a good one

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Bredroll/statuses/116426410923427255https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/Bredroll/statuses/116426410923427255Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:13:15 GMT]]>@chiraag @zzt
It's just too bad not everyone has your acumen for Linux, but you don't seem to "get" people if you think all of this even made sense to most of us. (I actually think I'm ok with Linux and you went way beyond my comfort zone)

I hope it won't be a surprise if i think the sensible interpretation from my perspective is to assume you know your ideas are not actually possible for normal people, so you are just mansplaining here

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116426355220065147https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116426355220065147Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:13:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:54:12 GMT]]>@zzt I mean, it prevents people from sending hate speech and/or other threats, right?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bjorndown/statuses/116426280333848045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bjorndown/statuses/116426280333848045Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:54:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:45:53 GMT]]>@TheEntity @zzt joke's on you, the warranty only applies to posts, not replies. it's a different jurisdiction!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116426247607949376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116426247607949376Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:45:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:32:24 GMT]]>@howtophil @zzt

"Even mpg123 and the DeCSS dolphin are mad at you."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116426194581437002https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116426194581437002Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:32:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:30:57 GMT]]>@eljojo @zzt

I have been lied to:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/TheEntity/statuses/116426188901293384https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/TheEntity/statuses/116426188901293384Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:30:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:40:00 GMT]]>@zzt your whole thesis is that if we want to be in solidarity we should do nothing , while also acknowledging that the field in the database is basically a form of doing nothing. I like seeing the field as a form of plausible deniability, we done our job! — I believe there’s ways to interpret the current happenings in a light that’s much more aligned with your values, maybe take some time to try see it that way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116425988544164351https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/eljojo/statuses/116425988544164351Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:40:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:36:50 GMT]]>@zzt They probably will make it illegal to bypass that "attestation" and it will make for a good pretext for a "probable cause" for searches/arrests/investigations and fines/jail time/prison time.

That's by design - make a pointless law that the majority of people would break and enforce it very selectively against anyone with politics straying from "the right party" or being a part of some minority that "the right party" wants to subjugate/oppress/eradicate. And it comes with bonus points for isolating vulnerable groups. That's authoritarian playbook 101.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/foxes/statuses/116425976071225237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/foxes/statuses/116425976071225237Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:27:45 GMT]]>@zzt this also includes the people who put SDKs from companies who provide residential proxies in their software

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/BasiqueEvangelist/statuses/116425940372349146https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/BasiqueEvangelist/statuses/116425940372349146Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:27:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:34:58 GMT]]>@zzt @losttourist @MrBerard what part of systemd verifies secure boot? systemd-boot isn't really part of systemd other than being maintained by the same people in the same repo, it's just a confusingly named bootloader]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://berkeley.edu.pl/objects/30c18f5e-6640-48ba-a379-7c6b02a870b4https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://berkeley.edu.pl/objects/30c18f5e-6640-48ba-a379-7c6b02a870b4Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:34:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:04:15 GMT]]>@Kiloku “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like,” I said while working illegal amounts of overtime to ship a game, on the understanding that if I don’t I’ll be fired

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425612024823900https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425612024823900Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:04:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:58:03 GMT]]>@zzt And DVDs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/howtophil/statuses/116425587629417477https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/howtophil/statuses/116425587629417477Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:58:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:57:20 GMT]]>@zzt (local to my country)
"Software can't just ignore laws it doesn't like" as most software developers in the nation are employed as "single-person corporation" contractors to avoid giving them labor rights required by law.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116425584838822840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116425584838822840Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:57:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:54:11 GMT]]>“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like,” I said, from a linux system that can play and encode MP3s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425572450440662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425572450440662Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:53:05 GMT]]>“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like,” I said, while employed by a company that pays for residential proxies

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425568134317931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425568134317931Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:53:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:49:04 GMT]]>“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like,” I said, tapping the icon on my phone that summons an unlicensed taxi

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425552325412216https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/116425552325412216Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:49:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:40:38 GMT]]>@hakona @sabik @zzt @jwz there's a reason the Venn diagram of eugenicists, "race scientists," AI boosters, and people who insist code is just 'incrementing variables' is just a circle.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116425519197737848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116425519197737848Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:40:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:38:31 GMT]]>@perigee @losttourist @zzt

Okay. But why does this moment constitute the foothold?

Isn't the problem political rather than technological? All jurisdictions are moving towards age verification systems that are problematic enough without having OS level DoB verification, if we stop the Linux thing (which admittedly seems very out of sync with the philosophy), these are still there.

Sure, it's better if the Linux thing isn't, all things equal, but the foothold is a sociopolitical one?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/MrBerard/statuses/116425510829523423https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/MrBerard/statuses/116425510829523423Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:38:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:09:09 GMT]]>@sabik Came here to say this . A "J" in the upper right corner of a filing card can't hurt. Social security , employment , inmates , all kinds of records had that convenient open space.
@zzt @jwz

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://im.alstadheim.no/users/hakona/statuses/116425395342607650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://im.alstadheim.no/users/hakona/statuses/116425395342607650Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:09:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:06:39 GMT]]>@anhedonie @losttourist @zzt

How fundamental do we go in the building blocks? Cause by that token, it is the very existence of the concept of date of birth that's fundamental here.

This is just a question of how low in the stack of fundations-superstructure intervention is appropriate to protect privacy and free access to information.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/MrBerard/statuses/116425385509505388https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/MrBerard/statuses/116425385509505388Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:06:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:14:33 GMT]]>@zzt "It's just a column in a database" said someone at IBM back in '33

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mabande/statuses/116425180690226622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mabande/statuses/116425180690226622Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:14:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:10:35 GMT]]>@losttourist @zzt @MrBerard if it’s so pointless then let’s not do it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.trisweb.com/users/trisweb/statuses/116425165064423849https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.trisweb.com/users/trisweb/statuses/116425165064423849Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:10:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:29:01 GMT]]>@zzt <insert stupid non enforcable US inspired EULA terms in software sold in the EU>

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kwramm/statuses/116425001620014562https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kwramm/statuses/116425001620014562Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:29:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:18:05 GMT]]>@zzt Let's just block California on all download pages and mirrors of all distributions. Then the can age verify all day.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.savvy.ch/users/exception/statuses/116424958654728745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.savvy.ch/users/exception/statuses/116424958654728745Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:18:05 GMT