Doesn’t even need to be intentional when there are virtually no consequences for leaking that info

The advice I’ve always read is to avoid forks because they usually get security updates slower than the main browser. Is that true of waterfox?

I still remember the Mozilla Internet Application Suite before the browser part was spun off into Firefox and the email into Thunderbird. Some of their moves have been disappointing but I’ll still never use Chrome

Then this post is irrelevant to you. This is about a policy implemented into iOS. The only two options are credit (not debit) cards and drivers’ licenses. If you have neither then you can only use iOS in child safe mode.

I’m assuming the name, birthday and address on the ID have to line up with your existing apple account info or it won’t accept the card. In theory you could just change your details though

It’ll be baked into the ToS somewhere but I agree it’s bullshit. Years ago I bought a youtuber downloader app (I know I should’ve just used yt-dl) and they released an update that removed support for half the websites and locked them behind a new higher-priced tier. None of it was mentioned in the changelog, just a prompt that came up after you’d installed the new build. I was able to reinstall the previous version and keep using it but I was still so pissed off

So you need a phone number these days? That’s something I’ve read a lot of mixed reports about

I sure as hell didn’t vote for them. But regardless of the government these laws always seem to have bipartisan support. I’ve avoided this crap so far with VPNs and fake IDs but something baked into the OS like this I haven’t been able to fool. Yet

You think this isn’t coming to other devices? Google will presumably add this to Android and apps will follow suit by looking to the OS to verify your age so other forks will probably have to add it. Linux on smartphones is dead in the water so what’s the alternative?

Phone companies are required to collect and retain IDing info of customers to activate a phone number in Australia. There’s no way around it unfortunately

From what I’ve read online it’s going to be worldwide

26.3.1 will be the last version without the mandatory verification

I mean some shit you find online is pretty grim but when I was a kid I knew the internet was for adults and didn’t expect everything to be catered to me. Now the status quo seems to be “every website must be kid/advertiser friendly and PG13 by default, everything else must be locked behind a verification prompt”. How did we get here?

This might be a stupid question but when using ashai can you run any normal linux software or does it have to be specifically built for arm64/apple silicon?

All the big supermarkets already share surveillance data with each other. If this is coming to Coles it’s probably coming to every big retailer in the country

True, but it’s also possible to lock your phone (or switch it off) so it needs a passphrase again. Using biometrics also means you’re entering your password less and so have less chance of being snooped on in public for example. And using face/touch ID makes it easier to have a longer/more secure password since you don’t need to enter it as often. There’s pros and cons to each but I choose to use biometrics

What’s the reasoning behind disabling biometrics?