Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live
uk.pcmag.com
New state laws are pushing age verification into macOS and Windows. By 2027, logging in might require a facial scan or government ID.
  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    4 days ago

    Data hoard enough shit to get you through however many decades you have left and get off grid.

    That’s literally the only solution that’s going to be left.

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 days ago

      Not sure that is going to be a solution either. Have you seen HDD prices lately?

      In the end, corporate buyers are cornering the market for self-use technology. Once the consumer market is gone, and habits change, there may be no going back since a new subscription market will be built and self-perpetuating. So I hope the AI bubble pops before that happens.

    • Shindo66@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Can I just have a dumbphone and an offline computer that can run eu4? Id be pretty set. If I could get podcasts somehow though, I’d miss my podcasts, but I could live without.