Post B5tFEHX2nuLqq8xQWm by mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com
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 (DIR) Post #B5tFEHX2nuLqq8xQWm by mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com
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       Help! They want to put an end to free software!The EFF has put together a campaign to try and push back against these anti-developer, anti-consumer, and-human bills that would mandate you provide ID for every site you visit, app you install, and OS you use/install.Please tell congress to oppose the GUARD Act!This broad bill goes way beyond AI and regulates everyday internet life.With just two clicks you can tell your rep what you think by clicking the link here:https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-oppose-the-guard-act
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tFEKSttlorwA2ezA by sister_sam@social.freetalklive.com
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       @mr_penguin Isn't the point of open source and of cypherpunks that they cannot stop us?  Are we in such bad shape that we have to beg for master to not whip us so hard?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tFEKebCHB2WRW0Dg by mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com
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       @sister_sam I'm not sure that's the point of 'open source' software, but I would phrase the point of free software as being to put the control of peoples machines and devices back into the hands of the end-user.I think the problem is not that it's not an effective tool against the state apparatus too, but rather that the state still posses a lot of power and is a threat to those who dare operate a system beyond their clutches, develop an app they can't control, etc.Will they be able to stop cryptocurrencies or privacy friendly cryptocurrencies despite having arrested a handful of developers (Samourai Wallet), threatened exchanges (which in turn have stopped offering privacy coins like Monero), etc? No. I don't think so. However they're certainly going in that direction with hardware mandates that force manufacturing to occur in the United States, mandated lock downs on devices (anything with a modern wifi 5Ghz chip can't be 100% free), etc. And now they're trying to lock down phones, tablets, and computers through laws like that through age attestation and age verification. The UK has already started going after VPN providers because there are 'workarounds' to age verification. Well, there are workarounds if you can install an operating system you control too! That's next. These people are just so stupid they don't realize this quite yet. Once they fail at stopping 'kids' from accessing social media (60% of kids in Australia I believe are STILL able to access social media, proving how ineffective bans are) they will invariably start going after any other means that result in it being possible to bypass their stupid law to 'protect the children'.