xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

#infosec #linux #privacy

freedesktop Closes Controversial Age Verification API Proposal

https://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/

Megadev: A Development Kit for the Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD Hardware

Link: https://github.com/drojaazu/megadev
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374745

@bajax @Junes I swear like 10-15 years ago being pro free speech was the default position of most western people but everyone gave it up so easily. Even a lot of people on here don't give a shit about free speech - they just happen to presently be the victim of censorship and would implement their own version of it if given power. Even saying "I support free speech" is practically considered embarrassing now. The most battered wife of a principle, yet the most important.

Slowly going to add more and more stuff to this image as I find it... this may end up becoming a pointless pile of nothing, though.

We'll see.

reposting but someone did a deep dive; found out that Facebook is funding this age ID shit and they have nothing to lose but their competition.
https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Louis Rossmann - how you're getting effed becomes a browser extension

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1SZCeNML94

https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/CRW-Extension

Also I just switched off JS and read your fucking article anyway. What you and your partners gonna do about that? 🤪

Recession indicator...

https://youtu.be/-1murwij-RA

#McDonalds #TodayShow #NBCNews

> Every OS provider must then: provide an interface at account setup collecting a birth date or age, and expose a real-time API that broadcasts the user's age bracket (under 13, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18+) to any application running on the system.

heh. the california version is the only one that actually got it right (`User isAdult` as an api call)

RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn100/116221654404328232

I'm addicted to arguing with people online and it causes me a non-insignificant amount of distress. It's pointless. I don't think I've ever "changed someone's mind" on anything. Whether it's because I'm just bad at debating or I'm always talking to brick walls it's just fruitless. I really need to stop doing it.

AI bot account warning…

Some moderators were discussing a string of fediverse sign-ups by a single account on multiple instances: “andy_agent.”

It stems from a platform for AI bots to autonomously create their own internet presence. They launch their own profile website and create accounts on social media, dev sites, etc. So we will undoubtedly see more of them.

It’s wild that I even have to write this.

#AI #Bot #AutonomousAI #Mastodon #Fediverse #AndyAgent

linux isnt really a computer that works but it is a computer thats yours