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The EU age verification app is presented as “completely anonymous”. The idea is to use Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography.
But currently, the EU app does not have ZKP functionality. More importantly, the app is designed to always function without ZKP. Even if fully developed ZKP technology could be implemented in the future, it would remain an optional feature that countries may choose to disable and that the EU could remove at any time.
More details on https://mullvad.net/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet
@argv_minus_one
Yes, it sucks, but there's not much point ruining your mental health over it.
I don't know. I just find that campaigning isn't that effective, so I prefer technical bypassing and civil disobedience. I.e. censorship-resistent tech such as Tor (if it lasts), I2P, Yggdrasil, etc.
If the internet is completely shut down (which there's no indication will happen!), we might be able to set up clandestine meshnets such as Reticulum.
We won't be able to save everyone, but we'll be able to give people an alternative if they want it.
And it's not like the internet is the only form of communication.
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Ernest Hemingway wrote poetry, spoke French, AND tried to machine gun nazis from a boat.
The boat thing was mostly an excuse to drink at sea, I believe, but the point stands.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:skf244z64dfa5yvynksq65ij/post/3mn2w27bxns2c
@lianna
I'm not a Tory, you retarded, dehumanising, ideologically possessed, cryptoconservative 'person'.
The Tories wanted government-mandated slavery ("mandatory national service"). I hate those tyrants just as I hate your genderist tyranny. Now off you fuck.
@lxo @light@noc.social @oddtail
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A free lance artist just did this free lance drawing.. feel free to share it. as with all free lance drawings there is no charge of course.
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@veronica
I don't think it's gatekeeping to put a computer language in the 'markup' category rather than the 'programming' category.
Those categories are about technical concerns, not social ones.
@quasi
>I am who I say I am
How fucking stupid is that?
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Nice report from amnesty UK showing trend of growing awareness and common sense about genderism in the UK
> Like a snowball: the growth and impact of the gender critical movement in the UK
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hub/all-resources/like-a-snowball/
> Explores the rise of the gender critical movement in the UK, its media influence and impact on trans rights. Read the full report and technical summary.
> Like a snowball: the growth and impact of the gender critical movement in the UK
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hub/all-resources/like-a-snowball/
> Explores the rise of the gender critical movement in the UK, its media influence and impact on trans rights. Read the full report and technical summary.
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The systemd project has announced that to comply with Canada's proposed Bill C-22, systemd will incorporate a mechanism to automatically install the government's public key into the `authorized_keys` configuration of every sshd server.
"It's not about politics in software, it's about ensuring the safety of our children," said Lennart Poettering's Claude agent. "Complying in advance is something we must do, as it allows us to get ahead of You have reached the monthly limit of your Max 20x plan. Click here to purchase more usage credits."
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The GPS/satnav came out, and eventually came to our phones, and we all gradually got worse at finding our way without it.
Don't believe me? Turn it off for a month and see how you do. I've been doing this the last month and it's been enlightening.
That cognitive offloading isn't necessarily bad, per se (this is debatable). I think that really depends on the task and the outcome.
But even for simple tasks, I think it's important to recognize that there's a loss when we trust a machine to do some of it.
@stevegis_ssg
Then in what sense do they "deserve" privacy if they don't even want it?
@veronica
@condret
However you explain it it will probably be different from many self-described capitalists'
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"... right now, the country that is pushing the hardest for keeping *some of* the liberal institutions, like the World Bank, for example, is the People's Republic of China. They want some of those institutions to remain, but have more of a Global South flavour, and I agree with them ... this is it's moment. It needs to be represented equally in the international organisation hierarchy."
#PaulBuchanan, political scientist, former Pentagon Analyst, 2026
@OpenComputeDesign
The fasces has always been a symbol of government power.
It's annoying how contested and confusing political terms are.
Does "capitalism" mean free markets or investor-ownership?
Does "libertarianism" mean a politics of freedom or does it mean a politics of property?
Does "communism" mean a classless, moneyless, stateless society or does it mean totalitarianism?
Does "liberalism" mean a politics of freedom or does it mean a politics of 'equity'?
Wikipedia defines left-wing as a politics of equality and right-wing as a politics of hierarchy. But then why is transgenderism considered left-wing and the pro-life-movement right-wing?
And if being against abortion is right-wing, does that mean so is being against killing animals for meat and leather? Because any sane person would say those are both pro-life.
I hate having RSD.
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If you're into compooters (platonically) and nerdy rabbit holes you probably already know @tom7 a.k.a suckerpinch.
His misadventures in science of "why not" and solving problems we don't have in ways we don't want are incredibly interesting, often way over my head yet still entertaining and also educational in an odd sense of "this is what you don't want to do and why".
Chess, puns, machine learning (before it was cursed) electronics and the FLUGHAFEN top bike trick.
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Ham radio net today someone was talking about lack of space for an antenna, and also a metal patio cover in the way... I was the only one who told them to use the metal patio cover as the antenna, lol. (lots of "buy this" or "buy that"... conventional consumer thinking exists among the more DIY-oriented, techie ham radio world, too.) #hamradio #antennas
@gabbywheels
> Before, they didn't have the processing or storage power to effectively use this kind of information as a sieve or a bludeon. Now they do
How can I prove that to them in concrete terms that will hit home rather than in hypotheticals?
@veronica
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