Post B3DTJeE6o0Z3SDbEUS by mark_watson@mastodon.social
 (DIR) More posts by mark_watson@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #B3DIQWbuQCJMMeoCEy by rms@mastodon.xyz
       2026-02-11T13:47:02Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       [1/2] https://this.weekinsecurity.com/discord-says-users-government-ids-used-for-age-checks-stolen-by-hackers/https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.htmlhttps://stallman.org/discord.htmlhttps://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html*[The unjust digital communication site] Discord says users' government IDs [which it demanded for government-mandated] age checks [were] stolen by [crackers].* Discord is pervasively unjust, since it requires every user to run nonfree
       
 (DIR) Post #B3DIQzYMoRi284NHFI by rms@mastodon.xyz
       2026-02-11T13:47:04Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       [2/2] software, and nonfree software is always unjust. Discord did a lot of surveillance years before it started demanding proof of users' ages. Please maintain the distinction between "hackers" (people who enjoy playful cleverness) and "crackers" (people who focus on how to break or defend digital security measures). I love hacking; I hardly pay much attention to cracking.
       
 (DIR) Post #B3DTJeE6o0Z3SDbEUS by mark_watson@mastodon.social
       2026-02-11T15:48:58Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @rms I removed all Discord clients from all my computers: I just won't use company products or platforms that require it. In a similar way I didn't install VSCode on my new laptop purchased last month, and just did some minor changes to my writing and coding setups to always use Emacs. BTW, I bought the printed Emacs manual from you about 40 years ago.