Post #2351226

2026-03-20 15:12 UTC

@freya@social.highenergymagic.net @cas@social.treehouse.systems fuck, the worst part of getting old is encountering Adults that are passionate about internet ethics but are too young for Risks and cypherpunk listserv/ digests to have infused their thinking. (Edited to add @jane@smolhaj.social, whose comments hint they really really need a deep dive into cultures that discuss WhatMightGoWrong. )

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@cas@social.treehouse.systems 2026-03-21 02:30

@InkomTech@infosec.exchange ok i'll try to clarify, since i don't think your quite understand my position.... THESIS: I am fundamentally ideologically opposed to legislating age verification into operating systems, for all the obvious fucked up dystopian outcomes that inevitably leads to. Maybe I should have put that in all caps or something because people really seem to want to misrepresent my position. ANTITHESIS: Should age verification legislation get passed, we should not throw our distro maintainers and middleware implementers under the bus by getting mad at them for following the law (i mean unless they come out and say they actually think the legislation is good, in that case fuck em). SYNTHESIS: we can oppose age verification laws without going after implementers for trying to avoid exposing themselves to fines. it's a rock and a hard place for distro devs and im kinda shocked that people seem to unwilling to acknowledge that reality. Thanks for the condescending comments (and extremely weird call out of Jane??), i hope your irc buddies got a kick out of it(???) i predict you either don't respond or hit me with an ad hominem, prove me wrong!

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