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Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. (uk.pcmag.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/49143200

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71629767

This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago

Which major distros rolled over? AFAIK only systemd - used by the large majority of distros - added a field in some config json related to age. It's not being used ATM anyway.

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

systemd, A Microsoft project.

[-] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

It's not a Microsoft project, stop being ridiculous.

[-] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was a Redhat project, which is now wholly owned by IBM.

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