• darkcalling [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    15 days ago

    This is not good. “Verify” implies they’re doing some checking like tying an ID to you.

    It would be one thing to require all OS manufacturers to implement a method for parents to input an age for the user of the computer that cannot be changed without reinstalling the OS. That would be fine. But this is tying the identity of adults to their machines and creating a mechanism for websites to query it which will 100% be used so the NSA knows what you’re doing even over a VPN.

    Didn’t take that long after the US started declining and China surpassing it for the US to slap on more “authoritarianism” than any communist state has ever had in this area. China requires ID checks for gaming to keep kids within established limits but they don’t require your OS to keep tabs on your exact identity and report to their central intelligence agency and you can freely browse around and do whatever including paying for western VPNs to circumvent their firewall.

    Guess this is how they make Linux illegal too. I’m sure Valve and IBM will come up with a compliant model of Linux but anything else will probably be locked out via secureboot and TPM in newer computer builds to comply with this law.

    I assure you the west will clamp down on VPNs and unlike China it won’t be just a show thing where they make it technically difficult but not impossible. They’ll use allow-listing and/or they’ll use their full financial and sanctions might to crush these VPN companies or block any traffic to them from within the US. There won’t be any way around it. Tor is slow and completely compromised by zionist intelligence who together with 14 eyes run most of the infrastructure.