Cross-posted, via ShitPost Community.

When Linux becomes illegal, only outlaws will run Linux.

Would be very funny if we manage to eliminate Linux OS distributions on the internet before we eliminate CSAM on the internet.

I'm not holding my breath on either.

Fuck em.

More of a reason to use Linux. Fuck the tyrants.

"When I go to [do normal, totally uncontroversial thing]... and [nonsensical catastrophe that I made up in my head happens]."

Thats the spirit.

Jokes on them. I'm a pirate who likes Linux.

When Linux becomes illegal the internet ceases to exist. Show me 1 Windows or Mac powered network switch, router, edge firewall you've ever known. I'll wait

Governments can't even effectively tackle drugs, illegal weapons or CSAM. Gl making something as distributed as linux illegal.

oh they'll put a clause that allows for that, but only if it's made in America and has a locked down bootloader...

Finally torrenting linux ISO’s will no longer work as an euphemism for pirating.

Just realized that would mean FLOCK dies. -several thousand downsides, but that- THAT would be an upside.

They can pry it out of my solid state drives 😤

They can't really make linux illegal. They'll make selling devices without age verification illegal. Essentially making selling devices with an OS that doesn't play ball illegal.

Archive everything you can. Best time for a personal database was yesterday, second best time is now.

Torrenting "LLM training data"

then you move to gentoo, BSD or retro computing using existing cds/floppies/usbs

At least in the US there's precedent that source code is protected speech, so we may see the year of the Gentoo desktop.

I hear the latest efforts (mainly from the System76 guy) to counter bad bills about age verification/attestation have brought amendments to exempt open source operating systems, in at least one jurisdiction.

So the pedo-cabal's plan to protect our children (by doxing them), has a gaping hole in it.

Oh however will the pedo-cabal manage to protect our children now?

:3

Compiled code ought to be too then tbh.

Unwise invite.

Has that been considered working?

Then I'll die an outlaw

I seed so Gen Ai can reach AGI sooner! /s

No it's not.

They can't make it illegal, but with a little frog-boiling, they can make it functionally useless for visiting websites you might need to use. No identity verification = no access, and Linux = no identity verification.

Just sounds like they want to force you to have operating systems that monitor you at every turn.

Laws are for the poor, they don't apply to the rich.

Arrgh! Me matey! It's off to Antarctica with us, then! Penguins ho!

I'm certain a "John Doe" false identity signature would be trivial to create.

You assume Flock was ever legal in the first place

Explicitly yes. With a side bonus that their donors are enriched.

Also, Android and Chrome OS are Linux distros.

There are a lot of bills that threaten privacy and could, if taken to a logical conclusion, result in the criminalizaion of open-source operating systems. This isn't as nonsensical as it was ten years ago. I think it's still very unlikely, but it's been moved into the realm of "reasonable possibility."

Not if they use cryptographic signing.

Browser sends website the signed identity verification, then the website checks the signature against some key in a list of trusted identity verifiers. With the verification responsibility being pushed to the OS vendors, that will be a short list of tech megacorporations. And maybe Canonical or Red Hat, if we're lucky.

Indeed, but wouldn't the inevitable database breach give ample "identities" for anonymous users to cycle through (similar to aurora for play store infrastructure)?

To be clear, the circumstances are not good and ideally this destructive behavior is averted, but there will be maneuvers which can be taken if worst comes to worst.

Just means we will have to wipe the preinstalled OS, as is already the custom. Also means there will likely be efforts to lock down consumer devices similar to how Android OEMs make it difficult to impossible to unlock the bootloader

Come join my outlaw gang. We have pie.

Pi. Raspberry pi.

Good point. I'm not keen on personally comitting fraud, but with the inevitable data breaches in mind, identity verification would do absolutely nothing to deter malicious actors.

I will make the raspberry pie.

I am curious how they will ask for ID for each IOT devices ?
Does a ring 0 micro linux need an ID before loading th OS ?

The only way to stop a bad guy with Linux is with a good guy with Linux

Do it. Make the outernet. I'm sure you'll do a much better job of controlling it then

outlawnix

Fuck 'em.

If I can touch it, I can own it.

is this hyperbole or is that actually a thing?

Aren't they mostly based on some sort of BSD (at least the smaller ones)? Would probably still not be legal in that scenario but I gotta be pedantic…

The CSAM guys are the very ones attacking Linux.