Age verification

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@wezm
@majorlinux

How about a deal with the billionaires funding age verification to evade oversight, taxation, fines, & lawsuits?

We'll give up our privacy as soon as you give up your own

1. Total transparency on the fascist movements funded & supported

Exclusive: Meet Russia’s Cambridge Analytica, Run By A Former KGB Agent Turned YouTube Influencer

Russia’s ‘Cyber Grandpa’ has been sanctioned by the U.S. government for selling a big data surveillance tool to Kremlin spies, Russian energy giants and repressive regimes.

Forbes (www.forbes.com)

2. Full disclosure of political donations, tax evasion via churches & fake charities, malign influence campaigns, money laundering for drug cartels, military junta, petrostate despots.

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m

The proposed deal by Facebook's owner is the largest in a US data privacy class action, say lawyers.

(www.bbc.com)

1/

[majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com]

@Npars01 @wezm I'm already in revolution mode.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

2/

Access Denied

(www.cnbc.com)

Privacy fight exposes who may benefit from age verification bills

Meta-backed advocacy and state bills are allegedly shifting age-check compliance to app stores and operating systems.

the deep dive (thedeepdive.ca)

Users are afraid of 'mass surveillance' as Apple adds age verification on UK iPhones and iPads — and Meta and Google get hit by fines

Someone is thinking of the children

TechRadar (www.techradar.com)

3. Full publication of provenance of advertising, investments, and employment/recruitment of board members & management

No?

Follow the data: does a legal document link Brexit campaigns to US billionaire?

We reveal how a confidential legal agreement is at the heart of a web connecting Robert Mercer to Britain’s EU referendum

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Well then, bugger off Zuckerberg & your Russian election-meddling overlords.
https://mashable.com/article/facebook-aleksandr-kogan-fights-back-cambridge-analytica

Zuckerberg Settles $8 Billion Shareholder Lawsuit, Avoids Testimony on Cambridge Analytica | the deep dive

Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and current and former company executives settled an $8 billion shareholder lawsuit Thursday, avoiding testimony about their roles in privacy violations linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick announced the settlement on what would have been the trial’s second day. Attorneys disclosed […]

the deep dive (thedeepdive.ca)

Remember Cambridge Analytica? What to know about the $8B US lawsuit against Meta's board | CBC News

An $8 billion US trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

CBC (www.cbc.ca)

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Directors Reach $190 Million Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal - Meta Pla

Mark Zuckerberg and several current and former Meta directors agreed to pay $190 million to settle claims they failed to safeguard Facebook users' privacy.

Benzinga (www.benzinga.com)

nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data was a ‘grossly unethical experiment’

Two a series of reports detail Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data and how it was allegedly used to underpin efforts to manipulate the 2016 presidential election.

The Verge (www.theverge.com)

‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower

Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

[sherman651@mastodon.social]

@wezm Thank you for the reminder to stretch my neck - me, and old person

[kotking@blorbo.social]

@wezm think best options would be "not now" and "yes"
You can't escape from neck pain, only delay the inevitable .

[wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social]

@kotking sad, but true.

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@wezm Aged verification.

[aizuchi@hachyderm.io]

@wezm no but i remember OS8 window decorations like this one!

[wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social]

@aizuchi age verified!

[mostlyharmless@hostux.social]

@wezm

No? How about your back?

If you remember dialog boxes like that, you must be old.

[wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social]

@MostlyHarmless yeah it's a toss up between neck and back. Have you used the operating system that generated this dialog? Yes → verified.

[metaning@mastodon.social]

@wezm "how is your knee?"

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@wezm Ha ha, indeed. And yes, my neck hurts and has hurt for the last fifteen years.

[roadskater@mastodon.social]

@wezm Have you ever pulled a muscle getting out of bed in the morning?

[dielem60@mastodon.social]

@wezm

Does your neck hurt ?

Nicht mehr. Ich hatte meinen Unfall bereits beim Start des Marathons und hoffe nun auf ein Upgrade. Allerdings musste ich die Organspende erlauben…

[wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social]

@roadskater yep definitely upset something stretching when getting up. Also sleeping wrong and waking up with a sore neck

[doekman@mastodon.nl]

@wezm Age verification:

```shell
$ which age
$
```

(age not installed)

[wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social]

@doekman just gotta install it

$ doas apk add age
The following NEW packages will be installed:
age age-man
Need to download 4774 KiB of packages.
After this operation, 21.5 MiB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(1/2) Installing age (1.3.1-r1)
(2/2) Installing age-man (1.3.1-r1)
Executing mandoc-apropos-1.14.6-r6.trigger
* Regenerating man db...
OK: 7597.5 MiB in 1562 packages
$ which age
/usr/bin/age

[qccechris@mastodon.social]

@wezm They ask you to supply a doctor sign medical history check, next.

[leonardof@bertha.social]

@metaning @wezm

Pick your set of knees:

( ) left and right
( ) good and bad