@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
2026-09-17 18:05 UTC
Replies (10)
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@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2026-09-17 18:14
I was thinking about using Tor to tunnel things through, but at a certain point in the relay it will require somebody to put a server with an authorized, identifiable system as an exit point, and the legal implications of this would make the relay owner criminally liable. The option B is to use Tor, I2P, et cetera as hidden networks, and mirror packages manually between authorized and unauthorized devices (for as long as mandatory DRM for external storage devices doesn't kick in).
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@MrWrinkles@leminal.space 2026-09-17 18:20
Fully distributed networking over IPv6? No more domain names? That’s a lot of technical ground to cover tho. We would have to deal with discovering mutually common open ports on random addresses and keeping local lists… Isn’t this just basically dark web?
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@anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2026-09-17 18:31
For floss operating systems someone will inevitably maintain a (potentially illegal) fork/patch that bypasses the age check. The same will be true for repos and flathub, there will be a mirror without verification for most stuff. Just like youtube hasn’t been able to smash yt-dlp yet I imagine that there will be bypasses that fake an “adult token” to send to websites. What we can do is: a) Join organizations, eff.org exists and maybe your country has a local organization too? b) Discuss privacy with friends, we all have things we’d rather keep hidden - a medical journal, a hobby most find childish or a kinky sex toy. That doesn’t make us criminal. Encourage them to accept newsletters from eff and similar groups. c) Question your politicians about their view on privacy, we must make noise for them to care. d) Submit letters to your local newspaper in regards to privacy. If they publish it that’s a win and if they don’t then maybe you got a journalist interested enough to write a full article. Someday. e) Join politics and work inside the system to protect privacy for everyone. f) Go offline. Host get-togethers in real life, create regular groups that meet outside the internet, read books, play tabletop games. g) Become a hermit, plant potatoes, feed the birds. Live far away from town.
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@frongt@lemmy.zip 2026-09-17 19:18
There is no way that verification is going to be enforceable. I’m not too worried about it.
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@kathythegiant@lemmy.pleasestopfaxing.social 2026-09-17 20:37
I get the concern, especially since people who aren’t tech savvy are pretty clueless when it comes to digital privacy, but I don’t know if we’re at the point where the ship has sailed on OS level age verification. At least in the US it seems like this is a fight that’s still worth fighting especially since the majority of the political energy right now is directed towards the concurrent AI and affordability crises (and, on the right wing, toward stoking anti-immigrant and to a much lesser extent anti-trans sentiment). To be fair, I’m pessimistic too and realistically, yes, any sincere effort to upend the power structure will eventually need to take place offline.
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@Sergio@piefed.social 2026-09-17 22:29
literally nothing to do but read books I remember those days. They weren’t that bad.
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@far_university1990@reddthat.com 2026-09-18 10:05
Distributed mesh network. Bypass internet by making own.
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@lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-09-18 13:25
0.- install a old-enough OS into a old-enough machine (basically any Linux from up to ~2025 into a machine of up to ~2021 works) as they support docker and virtualization and you can spin more modern individual programs from there.
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@lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2026-09-18 14:06
Give the politicians who’re pushing this shit a more pressing problem to worry about.
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@lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-18 17:43
Linux is never going to have an age verification system. Any distro that implements it will be forked or abandoned. Or both.