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MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow (itsfoss.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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MidnightBSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system, has quietly updated its README to reflect a new geographic restriction. The project has added a clause that bars residents of any country, state, or territory with OS-level age verification mandates from using MidnightBSD

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[โ€“] atkdef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Remember what the maintainer of The Pirate Bay once said?

Never be too certain something won't be enforced, as the power of capitalists are far worse than the public can imagine.

Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but this may just be the start. Big corps may find their way to control every aspect, step by step.

[โ€“] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

You're right to give that warning, but Brazil isn't a surveillance state like China or the USA. Our demons are different.

Of course, that could change in the future so a law like this shouldn't stand regardless.