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Surveillance creep is once again striking in the age verification debate. This is happening at the FCC this time.

Surveillance creep is once again striking in the age verification debate. This is happening at the FCC this time.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
    62·
    6 hours ago

    That the developers chose to add it at the same time as all the age verification stuff was starting is too much of a coincidence. It shows that some developers in important roles will go along with age verification. The systemd thing can be argued the way that it has been but it’s the beginning of the slippery slope

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      That the developers chose to add it at the same time as all the age verification stuff was starting is too much of a coincidence.

      It’d be weird if they added it before the laws were passed, but not that strange to implement it afterwards, but before the deadline.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      5 hours ago

      Exactly. The point is not the technical details of the implementation. The point is that their act of capitulation endorsed the concept.

      As Free Software developers, they had an ethical obligation to resist and they didn’t.