Post #2301972

2026-05-09 19:26 UTC

@nixCraft@mastodon.social You misunderstand. The government is not ignoring this. They are encouraging this. All those new laws for age verification, for example, are to prevent you from using an operating system or ROM that cannot be minored or controlled. Blocking reCAPTCHA on a non-approved, non-certified government and corporate sanctioned devices is just 1 piece of the big picture.

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@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net 2026-05-09 20:24

@Linux@mivatter.com @nixCraft@mastodon.social And I saw a youtube short (ugh, I know) saying that there's now a law being tabled in the US that will mean that government ID will be required to buy a SIM or phone (can't remember which), as an excuse to "stop Robo Calls". What a load of BS. Make it illegal to fake caller ID and surely a lot of problems will go away? The originator should still be able to block caller ID, but then it's up to you if you pick up an "unidentified caller", surely?

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@housepanther@social.goblackcat.com 2026-05-09 19:33

@Linux@mivatter.com @nixCraft@mastodon.social This is the beginning of the slippery slope towards building in spyware and backdoors into the cryptographic subsystems of Windows and Mac OS. It has literally jack-all to do with protecting children. It is the early steps of fascism in the United States.

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