Where there is a will there is a way. Cuba's conditions are austere but youths have managed to fight the restrictions. It is a lesson in tenacity and ingenuity.

https://havanatimes.org/features/cuban-gamers-surrealist-internet/

Google has not backed off on it's developer verification program. This will affect F-Froid, as later versions of Android will not allow anything but verified developers even without Google Play.

This is gate keeping and using monopoly power to control the android app market. It is not a coincidence that FOSS is under attack. The last means to get away from surveillance.

https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Keep-Android-Open

My very sentiments exactly. I was going to post something similar. When it comes to how we all feel about privacy. Government power is the virus, and maybe we need to flatten the curve. We have to resist Digital ID by any means necessary.

It's FOSS is out of India. They are the test bed for Digital ID and they have had it since 2012 thanks to Epstein List Criminal Suspect Bill Gates. Consider his warning one of experience.

https://itsfoss.com/news/age-verification-pandemic/

Interesting, Persona is linked to Palantir. People are resisting and it needs to be a loud voice to retain freedom. Once freedom is lost, free will is next.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/discord-botched-age-verification/

Florida… wtf are you doing?

🚨 Florida AG James Uthmeier says — The time for negotiations is over. Tech companies have 30 days from today to implement age restrictions on social media access for kids under 14. Within 60 days, parental consent must be in place for 14- to 16-year-olds.

🔻 My Thoughts:
I’m sorry… but this is bullshit. To implement this, there's no real way to find out if a user is underage without asking people to upload identification. This stinks like a backdoor to digital ID. Something Ron Desantis was repeated against.. what happened?

The fact is PARENTS… not the GOVERNMENT, are responsible for their children. And if PARENTS want to - every single platform online has Parental Controls which have existed for all operating systems.

But it’s too late…Florida's HB 3 has already passed and its law.

I’m getting real tired of the hypocrisy…

https://rumble.com/v76xqnc-florida-pushes-dogital-id-starts-with-age-verification.html

System76 is not just talking they are trying to push back against what could harm their business and everything they have worked for. Trust is important, and being forced to include government mandated spyware is a break of that trust even if it is the law.

The coverage of Age Verification is not a break from our mission. These laws are a threat to Linux and Open Source. Better to have head warning than be caught blindsided.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Colorado-Maybe-Exclude-OSS

This is not a resolution and it shows just how ardently people are against this. I consider this a positive sign for the moment.

https://linuxiac.com/xdg-age-verification-interface-proposal-closed/

Might need to degoogle our TVs sooner or later. Ubuntu had plans to go into the TV OS business but it didn't materlalize. Hopefully KDE has more luck.

https://ostechnix.com/kde-developing-plasma-bigscreen-smart-tvs-htpcs/

Useful information. If you are looking to buy a cheap used PC or laptop, you can always ask us what we think. We prefer Backmarket or another place but never Amazon.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-new-windows-pc-storage-scam/

A very solid choice if you are into Arch Linux at all. Also noted is their stance on recent Age Verification. It seems this only just hit the community catching them off guard.

https://endeavouros.com/news/whats-new-in-endeavouros-titan-release/

The ingenuity of criminals keeps up with the technology.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/going-the-extra-mile-travel-rewards-turn-into-underground-currency/

Some very solid work on piecing together who is behind this push for Age Verification.

h/t: Haze Grey

https://tboteproject.com/

Cosmic is much more functional than it has been and is beginning to fill in a little. Many options still missing but for those who need to move up it should work.

https://linuxiac.com/pop_os-22-04-lts-users-can-now-officially-upgrade-to-pop_os-24-04-lts/

Banning by region, they were only buying themselves time to comply. Very disappointing.

https://ostechnix.com/midnightbsd-age-verification-tools/

While we can be unsure how this is going to work, and we are not recommending it if you live in California. It's a principled stance. No matter how 'private' the compliance is it opens the door to much more invasive requirements.

https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/

https://linuxiac.com/ageless-linux-launches-to-challenge-age-verification-rules/

The critics are correct. This is a consolidation of power and chocking of those who value privacy. Big Tech has already been connected to the assault on privacy. Especially Zuck and Meta.

https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/