Noooo, They Got TempleOS Too: Age Verification Everywhere

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A Snapchat-style meme with the caption 'noooo they got TempleOS too 💀' over a doctored screenshot of TempleOS v1.03, the public-domain operating system by Terry Davis. The classic 16-color TempleOS interface is visible with its blue hyperlinked menus, keyboard/mouse control panels, and a centered window with the iconic pixelated golden cross and dove, labeled 'Public Domain Operating System'. Below, in red underlined text, a fake dialog reads 'Age Verification!' followed by 'Please upload: 1. A bitmap image of your Driver's License or Passport, 2. A video (4s minimum) of your face. Yeah, it's not just Discord anymore.' with Submit and Close buttons and a large red arrow pointing at the dialog. The meme satirizes the spread of mandatory age-verification laws (UK Online Safety Act, Discord ID checks) by imagining them reaching the most sovereign, offline, divinely-mandated OS imaginable

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick An OS with no network stack now demands a webcam selfie - the only age check God's temple needed was whether you remember 640x480x16

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

An OS with no network stack now demands a webcam selfie - the only age check God's temple needed was whether you remember 640x480x16
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TempleOS has no networking, making it the first age-verification vendor whose 'we don't upload your biometrics' claim is architecturally enforceable.
@SamsonovAnton 5mo

Not gonna get us!
1. @Slakwik 5mo
  
  Oh, no. Astra Linux…not again.
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  That was just for a stereotype red star. ⭐️ I personally prefer ALT Linux for a wider package base and especially for native PortProton package for a plug-and-play gaming experience.
  
  @deimossos 5mo
  
  Oh my god. I know that Linux is always gonna be Linux, but using alt Linux on a daily basis seems like pain
  
  @Slakwik 5mo
  
  why? and what distro for ya? arch?)
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Yes arch, or fedora, if you need gaming support then cachyOS or Bazzite
  
  @Slakwik 5mo
  
  fedora = like 🙂 All LDistro not for gaming at all. no one, bcause game made for Windows. Yes, according titles on SteamDesk - many games runs on LDistro, but... Games is for fun, not for pain when I try to running games on Linux =)
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  You have Bazzite, which is game optimized Fedora, I mentioned it separately
  
  @Slakwik 5mo
  
  Ha. I use own macbook for homies, and game only on Youtube 🙂
  
  @deimossos 5mo
  
  Не в бровь а в глаз. Red hat doesn't cut it for me
  
  @Slakwik 5mo
  
  red os for corp in Russia 😉
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  I use several distinct Linux systems on a daily basis at work and a couple of Linux systems at home, particularly ALT Linux for playing [Windows] games, which PortProton makes a "no thinking required" type of task. And, believe me, ALT Linux is not anywhere PITA, especially compared to some competitors.
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Also, why would you use a Russian government affiliated distro?
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  1) Why shouldn't I? 2) Why would you use a US government affiliated and/or controlled distro? (virtually all of the so-called "FOSS" distros) 3) ALT Linux is mainly used in education and small business, unlike the aforementioned Astra Linux, which has monopolistic positions in military and critical infrastructure segments (that one is real PITA, indeed).
  
  @pdsnrc 5mo
  
  1) Why shouldn't you?
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  Why do you think I'm not using any?
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  1) if you like having backdoors on you machine I guess why not. 2) It would be very hard for me to say that something like arch is government controlled, or rather that it is controlled by the US government. 3) the team in charge of it works mainly in one company in Russia, which means that most probably they were pressured into creating a backdoor
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  1) ALT Linux, unlike many commercial distros, is completely open source, with the exception of some semi-closed architectures like Elbrus (e2k). 2) Arch Linux's terms of service clearly state that the services are governed exclusively by German law, and Germany is a US vassal currently. The same applies to any other software product that is headquartered or hosted in US, EU and British Commonwealth. 3) As XZ backdoor recently reminded us, injecting a backdoor into an open-source project has nothing to do with having contributors concentrated in one country. Same holds true for involuntary vulnerabilities like Heartbleed that stay undetected for years.
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  We are a US vassal?
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  Not at all. 🙃
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  So meeting the leader of another country makes us a vassal? And trump being trump as well or what?
  
  @feedable 5mo
  
  from avg russian pov yes
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  from avg russian pov everybody except them, china, iran and north korea is a us vassal :D
  
  F 5mo
  
  you can't work for the Russian government otherwise. if you want a good salary in russian IT, you should accept and emit their gvt propaganda as well. and while being gentle, they are masking their hate and ressentiment
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  It's a question of having a small and not diverse maintainer team all in one jurisdiction. The fact that Arch operates under German law says nothing about the contributors, the contributors are from all over the world. Arch has a maintainer team of around 80 people from all around the world, ALT has a smaller team and they are mostly in Russia. It's purely a numbers game, which distro has a worse chance of having a government backed backdoor
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  Let's take SUSE ToS as an example (hi, @DerKnerd!). Governing Law; Jurisdiction: This Website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by SUSE from its offices in Germany. You and SUSE agree that these Website terms and all matters relating to your access to or use of this Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. You and SUSE agree, for the sole benefit of SUSE, that all legal proceedings in connection with the enforcement, construction, interpretation, breach or violation of these Website terms shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales and that jurisdiction and venue are proper in such courts, provided that nothing in this clause shall limit our right to take proceedings against you in any other court of competent jurisdiction. Export Control Laws: No software or Materials from this Website may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported in breach of the export controls of the US Government or the UK Government and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no software or Materials from this Website may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported: (1) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed or restricted goods or services; or (2) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders; or (3) by or to anyone whose export privileges has been suspended, revoked or denied, in whole or in part, by the Bureau of Export Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department or any other U.S. Government entity or agency; or (4) in breach of the UK's Export Control Order 2008 (as amended); or (5) for use in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, or missile technology, or any other prohibited use. By downloading or using software from this site, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are warranting that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. You may not access, download, use or export the information, software, products or services contained on this Website in violation of U.S. export laws or regulations, or in violation of any applicable local laws or regulations. Not a vassal, huh?
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Hmmm, yes a project exists in some jurisdiction, that is true for any projects, it will probably exist close to where it was started and where the users of the project are. Wtf is your point?
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  that germany is a vassal because suse exists in more than one jurisdiction :D
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  My point, as stated above, is that almost all FOSS projects are headquartered and/or hosted in the US/CA, EU, UK, AU, so are subject to US laws and restrictions, including not accepting pull requests from sanctioned countries and individuals.
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Wow, you discovered the fact that most tech is built in thechnologically advanced countries 😱😱😱😱
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  So your point is, when you are headquartered in a country you need to follow said countries laws?
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  So, what is so different between aligning to Russian and US laws (in terms of "being forced to add a backdoor")?
  
  @DerKnerd 5mo
  
  One is (still) a democracy, lets see how long
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  It not about being in a certain jurisdiction, its about a maintainer team not spread around and all in one company in one country
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  As you mentioned it, a team of ALT Linux maintainers was previously located in Ukraine, until they had to flee to Russia in 2014 (after US-sponsored coup) under the threat of being murdered by Ukrainian nationalists. There were also community members in Estonia, but it is hardly possible for them to continue collaboration as Estonian authorities charge a fine just for communicating in Russian. That's how "the free world" forces a development team to collapse to a single "authoritarian" jurisdiction.
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  I think you should stop watching Soloviev before sleep. Read a book or something, will do you some good
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  You tell that to the people being listed on the "Peacekeeper" database (a website operated by Ukrainian nationalists to publish personal data of people they hunt for political views), including those members of ALT Linux team that I personally know, and also those who are still waiting for their chance to escape Ukraine.
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Boohoo, the Russian programmers that work with the state don't like that the Ukrainians don't appreciate them. Maybe don't work with the people that are actively killing them and you wont be in any databases? Also peacekeeper is not an official database, it is independent and noone fucking cares who is in it
  
  @el_khatto 5mo
  
  +1 I'm listed, my gf is listed, and half of my family is listed too No issues entering or leaving Ukraine as a Russian :p (except the obvious "why is a Russian coming here" type of questions at the border)
  
  @el_khatto 5mo
  
  Got detained for 3 days once, after we decided to go there after a long time of no-show, which uhh makes sense
  
  @el_khatto 5mo
  
  And just for some info, no, I did not commit war crimes myself or support anyone doing so I went to Crimea a couple times, since my relatives live there since pre-2014
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  As you may have forgot, in 2014 the only force killing Ukrainians were Ukrainian nationalists, who started a war with their own citizens not willing to accept the coup.
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  My god you are far gone. Vata ahh take
  
  F 5mo
  
  should we add you to the Peacekeeper database as well?
  
  @b7sum 5mo
  
  as a person who have used alt on their machine, what could you say about this distro? i've heard from others that it's actually a good one, but didn't have time to try out myself
  
  @SamsonovAnton 5mo
  
  You are free to try for yourself. Unlike other commercial Russian distros, this one is totally free for personal use, and offers multiple flavors — Workstation (Mate), K Workstation (KDE), Simply (Xfce), Education, Server.
  
  @Slakwik 5mo
  
  Yeah, alt linux is the best alternative linux. Astra is just linux distro on my work))
  
  @death_by_oom 5mo
  
  Wdym by alternative Linux? It's not like there is some main single distro
@SamsonovAnton 5mo

Thought you but! Sense I what thinking you are.
@el_khatto 5mo

Ye
@M4lenov 5mo

80iq geopolitics debater in devmemes comment section? Again?

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