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GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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They've partnered with Motorola to have it preinstalled on phones, this is in TFA.

Preinstalled devices is not the main goal of the partnership. GOS is ok without having that to start. Motorolas stock OS will still be available.

Let me add that the typical GrapheneOS user will probably prefer to install the OS themselves rather than trust what comes preinstalled.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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This is excellent; silly laws on the books should exclude countries from access to things.

Unfortunately it’s not enough because there’s also a need to work to get the laws repealed AND stop the endless attempts to bring them back.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #56
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In the meantime systemd already added handling for Age to the system bus. Next step is to add your race, then income, then who you voted for...

it was reverted ?

Someone tried to gaslight the maintainers into reverting it and was rejected.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #55

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That's an interesting topic. Please, elaborate.

Western surveillance tech is superior because it gives you the option to choose your gender on a fluid scale when they're vacuuming your private data, whereas backwards eastern tech limits you to only male or female.

What about not asking for gender when gender is completely irrelevant to the thing that the user is trying to do?

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #13

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I'm sure noone in the legal system of California would notice that trick!

Well correct me if I'm wrong but dumb laws are usually not written by people who know much shit about fuck. So it's entirely possible they wouldn't.

You sound like a teenager fighting his parents. "Technically you didn't say WHICH bed I had to be in by midnight!!!!! I was in A bed, I followed the rules!!!!"

Society (mostly) works because we all agree that laws have intents. The wording is crafted as best as possible, and for the rest we have judges to shutdown lawyers trying to be a moffkalast smart asses.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #25

In the meantime systemd already added handling for Age to the system bus. Next step is to add your race, then income, then who you voted for...

I don't see what prevents anyone (e.g., a distro maintainer) from patching that anti-feature out of the source or disabling with with root access. As long as people can control the software running on their machines, which is the idea behind Linux, nothing that people don't actually want will stay in the system.

Systemd shouldn't be foisting this nonsense on Linux users however. I suppose the anti-systemd subset of the Linux community was proven right after all, this is the kind of issue that can end up facing when a huge piece of opinionated software like systemd more or less becomes an indispensable part of Linux.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #23

The GrapheneOS Mastodon post says, "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account." https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830 That raises the issues that GrapheneOS needs to solve, which may require more creativity than bold, somtimes combative statements. If GrapheneOS doesn't comply with laws and regulations then they wil…

The problem is the spirit of the law, not the word.

Re: GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating system

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post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Western surveillance tech is superior because it gives you the option to choose your gender on a fluid scale when they're vacuuming your private data, whereas backwards eastern tech limits you to only male or female.

What about not asking for gender when gender is completely irrelevant to the thing that the user is trying to do?

But how would the government know who's writing mean comments against them online without detailed surveillance?
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