Desktops are gonna be screwed by this too. (odysee.com)
from DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf to privacy@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 02:21
https://lemmy.wtf/post/47276931

cross-posted from: lemmy.wtf/post/47274322

So, the EU Digital ID is threatening to kill alt Android and Linux phones, but this is also probably gonna screw over desktops too, because going by how it’s laid out by Mental Outlaw here, desktops could start being required to run Win11 with Pluton enforcement to comply with this, which would not only lock out Linux and BSD desktops, but also older desktops in general which can’t run Win11, and even older desktops which can run Win11 but are too old to support Pluton, meaning just like you have to buy a new Google or Apple phone to comply with this, you’d also have to buy a new Win11 desktop or laptop as well.

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Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 08:01 next collapse

It’s really frustrating that this whole situation is caused by people not knowing how to enable parental controls.

Tundra@sh.itjust.works on 10 Aug 08:35 next collapse

I honestly believe that the “think of the children” is just the cover for more control.

Its happening worldwide all at a similair time - it feels coordinated.

JGrffn@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 13:12 next collapse

It 100% is, it always has been. We’ve had decades of overreaching legislation towards tech based on the false premise of protecting children.

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works on 10 Aug 16:21 next collapse

Which is really dumb on Europe’s part since they’re trying to regain digital sovereignty. All this digital ID bullshit is doing is forcing themselves back onto giant US tech monopolies

Aqarius@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 18:24 collapse

Not so much dumb as suspicious.

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 17:58 collapse

it feels coordinated

the epstein files proves that it’s coordinated and it’s happening because narratives like the gaza genocide and life in china are going more viral than the mainstream media; so they’re working at making sure that there are too few people accessing it to keep future crimes against humanity from going viral again and the man-o-sphere’s existence proves that it will work.

NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip on 10 Aug 17:57 next collapse

Parents and children have nothing to do with this.

eleitl@lemmy.zip on 11 Aug 16:04 collapse

This whole situation is caused by fascists in your government. Which shouldn’t be frustrating, but rather galvanizing to action.

Mangoholic@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 09:00 next collapse

Would a vpn immediately solve this? Different hardware id no?

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 13:09 collapse

No. Hardware IDs come from your device. They didn’t care about the path your data takes. VPNs just made you look like you’re somewhere else.

dltk@lemmy.world on 11 Aug 14:35 collapse

I think your response is only half right. To the extent the service you wish to access enforces location based rules, in some cases appearing to access from a different location where those rules do not apply, you may benefit.

But for services that are EU specific where ostensibly 100% enforcement of compliance exists, then it doesn’t matter where you appear to come from.

Trivial services like Facebook–you might be able to login from another venue. Important things like your bank, the tax authority, your healthcare, insurance and so forth will be largely domestic and therefore no benefit to VPN’ing.

CCRhode@lemmy.ml on 10 Aug 17:40 next collapse

This is a hijacking: True — the reader is damaged by restricted access, but it is also true that the author is damaged.

You post something that you intend to be read by the general public. You don’t control access; the place where you post it does. After age gating mandates, that place will assume the worst — that your content is adult content.

There are three age tiers: adult, young adult, and infants. After age gating mandates, many of your readers in the general public won’t comply by stipulating their ages. The worst-case assumption is that they’re all infants.

When age gating breaks down, there’s a mismatch between default age rating of authors’ content with default age rating of readers. Content that is adult by default won’t reach readers who are infants by default. Much of your content will go unread by much of the general public. One assumes this is age gating’s intentional design — to restrict access to your content.

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Aug 05:59 collapse

This is entirely about blocking political speech. Child safety is an excuse, and a poor one.