⚠️ EU is going after Linux & FOSS, wants ID checks to install software
Added 2023-02-01 16:27:24 +0000 UTChttps://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems
Remember a few years ago when I was a crazy raving lunatic for saying "governments will eventually attack Linux and Firefox and all open-source software under the pretense of stopping terrorism or protecting children"? Congrats: We're already here! Didn't take long for my ramblings to become reality again did it? You have a link above and can find more articles on your own including the EU's portal, this is a fact not me randomly saying crazy things as many so love to believe.
I'm aware this is surely not going to happen... even for the insanity that is the European Union such a thing is likely going to be rejected, even in the unfortunate and unlikely scenario the EU still existed a few years from now. But they are officially trying, with a legit legal proposal that would do just that as presently worded. Politicians would like people to show ID to install any software that connects to the internet on their own computer, while software developers and package databases are supposed to send all of their users communications to Europe's censorship servers so anything you ever say or upload on the internet would be scanned by fictional computer-people (A.K.A. the AI hoax) and physical people alike... all in the name of stopping child abuse and bringing us yet more of that "safety".
For those who still can't get over some things I may have said on Facebook / Twitter / Mastodon years ago, only understanding to take my every word literally in the worst way possible: Remember what I was trying to prevent as I saw it coming. This is where we are because almost no one did anything to challenge mindless paranoia and completely irrational mindsets and horrible behaviors by those claiming to "make the world a better place" only to bring it hell in reality... instead I'm demonized to this day and constantly risk being banned for being among the few who said anything to prevent the rest of us having to deal with things like this today. Just remember what some out there did while others were at least complicit... I sure as heck will.
