Edward Snowden said it the best:
"When you say 'I don't care about the right to privacy because I have nothing to hide,' that's no different than saying 'I don't care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say.'"
"Simply because you are following the law, doesn't mean that you'll be exempt from governmental interference in your private life."
BRAZIL'S NEW INTERNET RULES OPEN THE DOOR TO MASS SURVEILLANCE
Brazil’s new child internet law can force ordinary people to hand over face scans or government IDs just to use apps minors might access.
That means millions of users who have nothing to do with the law’s supposed target still get pulled into a biometric tracking system.
In a country where state-held data can leak or is turned against political dissent, that creates a ready-made tool for surveillance and political persecution.
It is being sold as child protection, but the result looks a lot more like mass monitoring with a softer name.
Lei Felca sufoca descentralização: Arch Linux 32 bloqueia BR pq FOSS sem estrutura central não cumpre verificação idade/ID real (multa R$50mi ou ban).
Resultado: exclusão geográfica, software livre enfraquecido, Big Techs favorecidas.
#LeiFelca#SoftwareLivre
So it begins.
ArchLinux 32 project has restricted access to Brazilian users.
This is due to recently implemented Brazil law that enforces age verification at the operating system level.
But this is more of a workaround, if I can even call that, than a solution.
More and more US states are proposing age verification laws at OS level.
What then? Will Linux distros start restricting their web access in those states as well?
So it begins.
ArchLinux 32 project has restricted access to Brazilian users.
This is due to recently implemented Brazil law that enforces age verification at the operating system level.
But this is more of a workaround, if I can even call that, than a solution.
More and more US states are proposing age verification laws at OS level.
What then? Will Linux distros start restricting their web access in those states as well?