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I feel like complying really undermines any first amendment arguments. Software is a first amendment protected form of expression, giving in before getting any actual threats from the state makes your participation seem voluntary.
Systemd's participation puts the entire world into compliance with a California law
Where can I drop a file to always return 1969
They cannot loose markets, like California or Brazil.
The context is that this is in response to California in the US potentially passing a law that requires age verification on the operating system level.
Where can I drop a file to always return 1969
Where can I drop a file to always return 1969
It’s admin settable. So just sudo homectl it. You are presumably admin.
It's entirely optional, I get that. I could 'just' not set anything. Spare your fingers. I want to poison it [or loudly opt out] without a lot of effort. This includes running N commands when a file to could effectively disable the signal.
Said differently: I don't want to configure the portal, I want to ~~break~~ mask it.
I cannot express how disappointed I am to see open source projects giving in to complying with age attestation laws. I feel like complying really undermines any first amendment arguments. Software is a first amendment protected form of expression, giving in before getting any actual threats from the state makes your participation seem voluntary. Systemd's participation puts the entire world into compliance with a Cal…
This should be the time for open-source developers to use their common sense to decide whether we should push back. If California wants to create its own Protect the children operating system, it should bear the cost and responsibility for this alone, and not export any of the sketchy political agenda to the wider open source community.