stadust

| 24 | he/him | gay | wolves 🐺 | space 🚀 | msc in math & comp sci 👨‍🎓 | full-time software engineer | pointercrate dev |

[stadust @stadust1971]

Today's (2025/03/29) pointercrate update includes:
- Sign in With Google (@emonadeo, https://t.co/oM3IqmCeHv, @stadust1971)!

Link a Google Account to your Pointercrate Account by clicking "Continue with Google", and then log in via Google OAuth on the login page!

[stadust @stadust1971]

welp

[yeet @Awk20000]

The UK Office of Communications has allegedly issued a notice to 4chan with an intention to impose a 20,000 pound fine plus daily penalties

4chan’s lawyers dropped a response

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

And, baby, that’s show business for you. New album The Life of a Showgirl. Out October 3  ❤️‍🔥

https://t.co/rIaG2Ezo7Z

Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[Proton VPN @ProtonVPN]

The UK government could soon be asking its citizens to provide ID to access Wikipedia.

Wikipedia has argued in court that the Online Safety Act’s “Category 1” duties mean that it would be forced to verify users’ identities.

The High Court has rejected this challenge.

1/3

[PatRyk @Patrosi73]

ai app so good it XSSes itself

[𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍™ @Devon_OnEarth]

You want to go on wikipedia or listen to spotify? what are you, some kind of fuckin pedo??

[stadust @stadust1971]

this man is so fucking unfit for office it is absolutely ridiculous

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'Each time you use a verification service you are keeping children safe in our country.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told #BBCBreakfast he wants 'to urge caution' about the use of virtual private networks after some pornography sites began requiring age verification because of the Online Safety Act

https://t.co/iLt2D4x7YI

[Dobby Club @DobbyClub06]

labour mps when someone disagrees with their online safety act

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

⚠️We warned about this

UK citizens are being forced to choose between handing over their most sensitive personal data to online platforms or being blocked from freely accessing the internet, as the Online Safety Act comes into force

These measures will have a catastrophic impact on privacy & freedom online. The Act needs to be urgently re-examined.

[stadust @stadust1971]

@2dscartridges @jasonyess_ @exs2i I did not want to implement an account recovery system for people that forgot their passwords

[stadust @stadust1971]

Today's (2024/07/26) pointercrate update includes:
- Page Translation Support (@jasonyess_)
- Russian Translations (@exs2i)
- Sign _Up_ With Google, aka Oauth Registration (@stadust1971)
- Fix some API requests not working when logged in without list permissions (@stadust1971)

[Evolve Politics @evolvepolitics]

Wikipedia is currently in a legal battle with the UK government to try and stop the platform being censored in the UK - or even completely blocked - thanks to the Online Safety Act.

[stadust @stadust1971]

@BEMSTERINO @demonlistgd @jasonyess_ @exs2i shit

[Amia @amia_dev]

Wouldn't it be funny if you could bypass it with 1 line of code in ctrl + shift + i > console

Object.values(webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[Symbol()],{},r=>r.c])).find(x => x?.exports?.default?.__proto__?.getCurrentUser).exports.default.getCurrentUser().ageVerificationStatus = 3;

[Proton VPN @ProtonVPN]

Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, Proton VPN signups originating in the UK surged by more than 1,400%.

Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than when France lost access to adult content.

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Well that escalated quickly.

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

This is an overt move to end anonymity on the internet, by a government that sends the cops round to people’s houses for wrongthink.

Get a VPN, or be put on a list.

[Dystopian Times @DystopianTimes_]

If it wasn't incredibly obvious, age verification was always about political censorship under the guise of protecting the children

[stadust @stadust1971]

@7zDaris @zSphericle @jasonyess_ The main problem with something like that would be that someone will have to manually check these to ensure people don't like, put porn or sth. Not sure if the mods would want to have to do that as an additional step to record verification :/

[stadust @stadust1971]

Today's (2025/05/31) pointercrate update includes:
- Stats Viewer deeplinks (@zSphericle, @stadust1971)
- demonlist+-like stats on demonlist overview page, based on claimed player (@stadust1971)
- fix for progress section on nations stats viewer always being empty (@jasonyess_)