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That only bans the use of anthropic for government use. So no government entities or contractors could use it. We already do this for some other companies. BOD 17-01

But. That's the point. If no one breath tests then the car does not start. Hence it being an ignition interlock device. The whole point of the device is to stop drunk people from driving. If there is a sober person then obviously the drunk person should not do the test since that would lock the car.

"lawyers" can't bring charges for this law. Only the AG. If people don't like what the AG is doing then they can just start a recall election.

Even if systemd is managed by someone outside of Cali that does not automatically except them from all Cali laws. When a person decides to distribute software that comes with the legal responsibility of the locations where the software is distributed.

Why does your computer need to ask for your full name or office location? You don't have any issues with those fields? Or is it because you understand that those are optional just like this field is?

If you don't want to put your bday in then don't. fork the software and remove what you don't want. That is the great thing about open-source.

If you don't trust the maintainer of systemd then why are you using their software in the first place?

You are right it is obvious that zuck wants to hoover up as much data as possible. But what if, instead of this being a data gathering ploy (since the law forbids the data to be used for anything else), this is them trying to put the responsibility of controlling what children look at online onto the parents?

While I don't think that FB should be held resonsible for all the ways they fucked up the youth, I also think that the parents are to blame as well.

Are you implying that only people who are affected by something are allowed to contribute to open source projects? If this were some nobody developer in California would that really make you any more likely to accept that this merge request is okay?

Equating this law with hiding jews during the holocaust is crazy.

I am not sure on what interval they do but from what I have read online and from talking with someone I know who has one. They constantly phone home. Even when parked and turned off. This means that it will drain your battery and if you don't drive for long enough (from what they said a week or two) then you can end up with a dead battery. Additionally, when driving, the device requires the driver to re-blow every 45-60 minutes. So the driver needs to pull over and test again otherwise their alarm will go off.

As far as what tampering prevention mechanisms they have I have no idea. I would assume they keep that as secret as possible.

Edit: the devices (at least the ones from intoxalock) require the driver to pay a subscription fee to keep the device working (about 100$/month) and also costs a 75$ fee for each time the driver needs to get it unlocked after a failed test.

The device doesn't just phone home while driving. It does it constantly. It's likely that any tampering would alert the vendor and by proxy the court.

Not sure that I would really agree that these are backdoor. Since disabling the vehicle remotely is kinda the express intention of this device. Just a consequence of how they designed them to not be circumvented by the operator.

This will be very useful. I knew what the issue was just never had the time or willingness to find the proper fix. Thanks so much.

Fuck Verizon for this exact reason. Never buy from them direct if you can help it.