Post B6fJtV05Za8KBTSXOS by hsza@social.tudbut.de
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(DIR) Post #B6fJKmIlFunJhudY5Q by tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net
2026-05-25T17:31:31Z
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> This PR conflates two distinct things: parental controls (a privacy-preserving, locally scoped feature) and age verification compliance (a government mandate to expose user age to third-party apps). They should not share an interface, and the latter should not be dressed up as the former.Literal malware (parental controls), but privacy-preserving ? Lmao whatThis is truly the year that the dream of a year of the Linux desktop dies
(DIR) Post #B6fJKnZSXJkHdzSOki by mateusz6768@esp32fedi.cjdgrevival.com
2026-05-25T19:44:22Z
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@tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net unfortunantely that's what governments think is a best idea to "protect children" and we have to deal with it in various ways in software/hardware (some controversial) so it means killing certain wishes
(DIR) Post #B6fJaw6gZGVQkch3NQ by tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net
2026-05-25T18:26:02Z
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@minekpo1 IMO parental controls are never justifiedBeating one's children or monitoring them 24/7 or whatever is also never justified, even if they are, idk, doing meth every day
(DIR) Post #B6fJaxk4UJbZp481PE by mateusz6768@esp32fedi.cjdgrevival.com
2026-05-25T19:46:35Z
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CC: @minekpo1@catgirl.cloud@tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net atleast i don't have to deal with parental controls cause they do more harm then good especially if it's a legallised spying machine
(DIR) Post #B6fJtTaWp85pnuUbui by tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net
2026-05-25T19:23:00Z
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@minekpo1 to be clear, a simple domain blocker that just matches SNI in TLS is not what I'd consider a parental control system even though it can be used for that
(DIR) Post #B6fJtV05Za8KBTSXOS by hsza@social.tudbut.de
2026-05-25T19:44:30.636371Z
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@tranquillity @minekpo1 it is malware regardless
(DIR) Post #B6fJtWKKdnv6IXwDaK by mateusz6768@esp32fedi.cjdgrevival.com
2026-05-25T19:49:19Z
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CC: @minekpo1@catgirl.cloud @tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net@hsza@social.tudbut.de also most parental control software are proprietary so the malware thing is justified
(DIR) Post #B6fJtcT3oGT1LM4H1U by tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net
2026-05-25T19:27:14Z
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@minekpo1 as an aside> in its mind there are legitimate conditions to restrain a child's action , not as punishment , but to protect themMost abusive parents use "protection" as justification for abuse
(DIR) Post #B6fLHRtcrkMVScQ7fc by hsza@social.tudbut.de
2026-05-25T19:57:58.719468Z
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@mateusz6768 @minekpo1 @tranquillity i would agree with gnu there on that proprietaryslop is a class of malwareno available source code means the only guarantee you get of security or non-maliciousness or any good faith is “trust me bro”. and of course the authors of the software retain an iron grip on it so if enshittification begins to occur all users are basically fucked with no clear path forward
(DIR) Post #B6fLHSycqdxIoPld6O by mateusz6768@esp32fedi.cjdgrevival.com
2026-05-25T20:06:09Z
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CC: @minekpo1@catgirl.cloud @tranquillity@mastodon.minionflo.net@hsza@social.tudbut.de and 90% of proprietary software often has discriminatory rules in their license (e.g. no reverse engineering) preventing you to see how is malicious is the app even more being skpetical of the app in the first placetbh those anti reverse engineering rules are just saying "we don't approve of maintainability and how does it work for the future"