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@alice At first I read the last sentence as "a parasitic relationship" and I was like yeah that sounds about right
But also yes, all of this
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@EUCommission How did we go from a peace project to a a mass surveillance project? I do not believe the people who participated in founding the EU would look kindly upon requiring us to register with a state actor, through the EUDI, to take part in public discourse or talk to each other online.
I don't trust all future governments to handle data about what sites I visit or what forums I participate in responsibly. They may not like my sexual orientation. They may not like my political or religious views. They may not like that I'm a Linux & FOSS user, dev, or gamer. They may not like my medical history.
This is why I'm fundamentally opposed to having to verify my age for online activities with an app that calls home to a state authority, like the #eudi_wallet. Scrap it!
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Can we keep this in mind in the #ageverification debate please?
The fewer copies of your ID documents that exist, the better. And YES, that includes government agencies and my own devices!
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@carlrichell Right in the feels, man. I know you probably get this a lot this right now, but you're the GOAT for your work on this issue!
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@EUCommission I wish the EU would focus more on free internal markets and less on digital surveillance..
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@wd9ewk@mastodon.radio @cmconseils@mastodon.social that's one big baby! Sailor looks like such a sweetheart ❤️
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@lunarised@whinge.town Ubuntu was the worst experience out of all the distros I've tried, no joke. The set up took me several evenings of reading on forums, reinstalling drivers, fiddling with ports that didn't work, messing with bluetooth devices, pulling my hair out.
After all of that, I realized that snaps were a dealbreaker for me and went to Fedora, and it just .. worked.
I have to admit that I'm arch-curious, though. Did you set it up from scratch or start with a more user friendly arch-fork?
The most challenging part of giving up #surveillance tech (so far) was giving up Spotify.
My ADHD comes with a constant, annoying, loud earworms, and often the only thing that can help is listening to the song playing in my head. But when I saw that Spotify was asking user for #ageverification, I canceled my 10+ year sub. You know who I am, you have my credit card info!
After months of "detoxing", I have figured out how to live w/o music streaming. I can live without your service, too. Try me.
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@lydiaconwell I'm not up to date on this, but afaik systemd will include an age field that might be used for this.
I'll admit I haven't tried either (yet) but distros like artix and devuan doesn't use systemd so those might be worth a look.
For me personally it comes down to whether it's a field I can fill out myself (which I'd be okay with) or it's tied to some digital ID and/or selfie crap (which I'd resist in any way I can).
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@carlrichell if brilliant kids like him can't use open source tools growing up, it's not only a personal tragedy for said kids, but a loss in innovation, competitiveness and tax revenue for the country as a whole
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@Sustainable2050 what the f? That should be illegal
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@mpe What the fuck, that's horrible! Is this what "socialism" means in the UK now?
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@dcdeejay@mastodon.online damn right!
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@ErikJonker @dukeboitans @soulsource @pojntfx Wait, so because I'm using a European phone, and run Linux on my computer, I'm part of a "niche" group that it's fine to keep out from public discourse? That doesn't sound right to me...
Also. Our current eID and my bank app work fine on my google-free phone. But suddenly wanting to see potentially spicy content online requires higher security levels than getting a house loan? Make it make sense!
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@edri @EUCommission Haven't EU citizens been extremely clear that we do NOT want mass online surveillance? This apparent determination to impose mass online surveillance is terrifying. Please put a stop to this.
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@tomgwynplaine @internetarchive mushroom mushroom!
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@dotfox @mullvadnet But I'm guessing the verification called home to let someone know which app/service you verified with, or is someone making an authorication service that doesn't need that? If so, which one?
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@musevg @eris2cats I've been eyeing BSD, was it a pain to set up?
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@carlrichell I learned to use Kivy thanks to some kid (ShawCode) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChB6no22fVJ-6dGNTfbb05w
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@EUCommission Is there any way to accomplish these goals without imposing mass surveillance through digital ID requirements?
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@mattkenworthy driving home also works really well!
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@marleenstikker as a European, I'd love to see this level of transparency. But I don't love what orange man will probably do with the information.
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@skinnylatte So.. mid 30s? 😵
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@Natanox @teezeh @piraten_saarland
Because of this clip, which can also be found on EC's own website so it seems legit to me
Link to the clip on EC's site (10:01) https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-288345
Link to the same clip on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/easterneurope/comments/1t12c70/so_it_looks_like_age_verification_in_the_eu_will/
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@cloudhop@equestria.social This dude really wants to tell us that he doesn't code without telling us that he doesn't code.