

But they could still just request the age bracket that is stored on the system at the time of download, no?
It’s not at all impossible, it just has to be implemented.
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But they could still just request the age bracket that is stored on the system at the time of download, no?
It’s not at all impossible, it just has to be implemented.


No, you’re just wrong. The law just says, there needs to be a local API, that apps can use to ask, what of 4 age brackets the user is in. That’s basically it. There is nothing about some online server that needs to hold that data.
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What are you talking about?
I literally installed Signal on my Linux laptop yesterday and it automatically downloaded all my messages from my phone.


Or just prosecute them criminally, like they do with the pesants


It would be great to see them supporting democratic alternatives aswell and start posting on Mastodon, but they probably don’t even know that it exists, which is a bit sad.


I mean it doesn’t really matter that much, I am currently on kind.social, because I like the name.
I would suggest you use fedi.garden to find your own server.


Yup. And also we should advocate for our rights more locally. Organize with other people, raise awareness and do direct action.
I think the most effective form of resistance is relationships and new local organisations and new structures that resist the forces of the state and of capitalism.
If you are looking for some ideas, maybey you can look here or do your own research.


Yeah, I don’t think it’s reasonable to give up in the face of it.
You should make it as hard as possible for them to track you, use private OpenSource software, advocate for it and don’t be afraid if direct action, like destroying these cameras. The more people that do it, the harder it will be for them to do something about it.


Oh no, haven’t thought of that, thanks!
Yeah, don’t get me wrong, this is an insane law. It makes no sense and it is utterly ridiculous and dystopian.
I am just saying, that it is still manageable to continue, we shouldn’t give up. We should continue to fight against this law, but we can also realistically keep distributing our software regardless of this law.
I think, the age thing only has to be implemented by the operating system, not by every piece if software. We as app developers can then choose to use an API to age restrict our apps, if we want to.
We just have to make sure our app isn’t recognized as an operating system in itself.