Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws

• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One… Disappointing fact is that means at least the Internet will go back to the pre-social media era.

  You can feel it here on Lemmy still. It exists.

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  • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes it has its perks

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• chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Except if the topic is wifi meshnets, no amount of tech savvyness will get you around an absence of other nodes nearby. General apathy is actually a huge problem here.

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  • Sl00k@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I used to think about this via mesh networks as simply routers, but now with nostr, IPFS, atProto and that new BT messaging stuff Jack Dorsey is on. Technically you could utilize your phone as an access point to the mesh network as you move around the city and load all the comms in the background. The latency would be high, but it could work. Also with 5g tech nowadays long range mesh networks are much more feasible albeit probably expensive for a hobbyist.

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are there now legal means to do longer range communications? I thought the main limitation was you need to be licensed to do anything more than short range home wifi

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      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean it’s all licensed by the frequency and antenna transmit power, so long distance is possible with the right choice of protocol, antenna and frequency you can get a surprisingly long distance with unlicensed spectrum. Ubiquity makes some directional antenna for wirelessly connecting 2 sites that operate in the 2.4 and 5ghz ranges that can connect over distances of multiple kilometers

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  • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So what do you propose? People who aren’t able should set up nodes?

    Also if wifi mesh is our last hope, oof

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    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also if wifi mesh is our last hope, oof

      Yeah. What I propose is getting more people involved and caring about freedom preserving technologies before it gets to that point. A tiny minority of somewhat more tech literate people are not going to be magically immune to authoritarian checkmate scenarios.

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      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For the last 20+ years, I’ve been trying to get people to understand the point of free and open formats with pretty much zero success. For the most, they just don’t care if somebody else owns all they data. Maybe if something really bad was to happen to them or a loved one as a result, they’d change their mind. Then I’d get to tell them “that’s what I’ve been telling you for literally decades”, but what would be the point?

        Not technical people will never get it.

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• cyborganism@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Except we'll have to keep using it because the rest of our families and friends are going to still be on there or pester us about why we aren't there with them to share photos of your sister-in-law's baby photos and videos and your aunt Tammy's vacation photos.

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  • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yup

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