Damn 😱 imaging not being able to download your OS because of where you live right now ...

[bolomkxxviii@mastodon.social]

@freekymage @nixCraft
How would "live" distros be affected? If the OS is running off of a flash drive, not installed, and no user account is created, are they exempt? If so, it blows a big hole in the effectiveness of this law. Little Billy can just boot off a flash drive and watch his p0rn.

[fbiville@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft not saying this is ok of course, but haven't Cuban residents seen the same kind of thing for a long time? (Or any other places embargoed by the US)
This is not a rhetorical question btw, I'm genuinely wondering.

[vlakicas@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Living free on our planet, not other planet in our solar system.

[fabio@manganiello.eu]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social is it that hard to just slam a "please tick this checkbox to confirm that you're 18 or older" form?

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@poulet_benoit @nixCraft

True, but the EU and UK are attempting to do the same bs. People in general are pretty stupid.

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@knapjack @_elena @nixCraft

And Newsom actually thinks he's going to be president in 2028, such a deluded fool.

[troy_frizzell@mstdn.social]

@nixCraft

I mean, no.

No, you can't have my ID.

I make zero effort to be anonymous on line. I post under my name. But I will never NEVER scan my ID or upload a photo of it. It simply will not happen.

What's that? You require me to give my ID to use your software? OK. I won't use your software.

Fuck you.

I was an adult before computers came to the desktop. I know how to live without them. I also know how to buy and use old things.

So again, fuck you very much. No.

[swampputty@infosec.exchange]

@nixCraft make sure you have a good VPN. Also smart to download ISO's and store them in a safe place incase you ever need to flash a new ISO.
esspically with the California lawsuit right now.
stay safe everyone!

[woe2you@beige.party]

@nixCraft I feel like the Venn diagram of "people who want to use BSD" and "people who know how to use a VPN" is a circle, so there's actually nobody unable to download it because of where they live.

[hansvschoot@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft how epic, 2026 and we finally have a valid reason to torrent all those Linux / BSD images

[pickleglitch@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Thanks Gavin Newsom!