▲ 114 ▼ UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. (www.gov.uk) submitted 4 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] meejle@piefed.world 20 points 4 months ago (4 children) They're 100% going to come for VPNs as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Stupendous@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Apple is already locked down. Googles already inching at locking down Android phones and governments seem primed to facilitate that. Clamping down on VPNs can be a driver for that. Being way more restrictive on routers too like the US and it's foreign router bans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Even Windows is KYC'd by default as consumer Windows generally requires an MS account now and setting up an MS account requires your DOB and may some day even require a face scan or your ID, and in addition there's been active attempts to restrict Linux and BSD although the two laws of which I speak in Cali and Colorado ultimately exempted FOSS from their scope, and as for the Fediverse, the FBI raided a Mastodon server a while back so even that isn't entirely safe, and Windows 365 is facilitating thin clients connected to rented servers, plus the ability to build a PC is actively being pushed out of reach of everyone who isn't rich. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) It's literal insanity how many people can't see a consumer VPN ban as the logical next step. I swear most of the population have the critical thought of an NPC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 4 points 4 months ago It is true, but you don't necessarily have to be a dick about it. The real question is, now, do we declare the internet dead? Are there alternatives? Are there ways to push back? It seems to be a worldwide move, so we're all in the hole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stupendous@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Apple is already locked down. Googles already inching at locking down Android phones and governments seem primed to facilitate that. Clamping down on VPNs can be a driver for that. Being way more restrictive on routers too like the US and it's foreign router bans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Even Windows is KYC'd by default as consumer Windows generally requires an MS account now and setting up an MS account requires your DOB and may some day even require a face scan or your ID, and in addition there's been active attempts to restrict Linux and BSD although the two laws of which I speak in Cali and Colorado ultimately exempted FOSS from their scope, and as for the Fediverse, the FBI raided a Mastodon server a while back so even that isn't entirely safe, and Windows 365 is facilitating thin clients connected to rented servers, plus the ability to build a PC is actively being pushed out of reach of everyone who isn't rich. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Even Windows is KYC'd by default as consumer Windows generally requires an MS account now and setting up an MS account requires your DOB and may some day even require a face scan or your ID, and in addition there's been active attempts to restrict Linux and BSD although the two laws of which I speak in Cali and Colorado ultimately exempted FOSS from their scope, and as for the Fediverse, the FBI raided a Mastodon server a while back so even that isn't entirely safe, and Windows 365 is facilitating thin clients connected to rented servers, plus the ability to build a PC is actively being pushed out of reach of everyone who isn't rich. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (1 child) It's literal insanity how many people can't see a consumer VPN ban as the logical next step. I swear most of the population have the critical thought of an NPC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 4 points 4 months ago It is true, but you don't necessarily have to be a dick about it. The real question is, now, do we declare the internet dead? Are there alternatives? Are there ways to push back? It seems to be a worldwide move, so we're all in the hole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 4 points 4 months ago It is true, but you don't necessarily have to be a dick about it. The real question is, now, do we declare the internet dead? Are there alternatives? Are there ways to push back? It seems to be a worldwide move, so we're all in the hole. permalink fedilink source parent