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  • [object Object]zzt@mas.to
    Apr 17, 2026, 9:06 PM

    if your proof is that I should trust that the people currently complying will suddenly grow a backbone and it’s actually very punk rock to have a database field with PII in systemd: go fuck yourself

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  • [object Object]zzt@mas.to
    Apr 17, 2026, 9:08 PM

    also, is it not plainly fucking horrid that your account creation experience on linux of all fucking things is getting worse due to an unjust, unconstitutional (in the US) law? are you not pissed that muscle memory and scripts will break and command line account creation will get much worse due to this? no objections from the fuckers who campaign against any improvements to the status quo on this one? no? only when doing so fucks over someone else? how weird!

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  • [object Object]zzt@mas.to
    Apr 17, 2026, 10:10 PM

    “it’s just a column in a database, aren’t you being dramatic” thanks fucker, believe it or not I know how software works and I know perfectly well the type of horrid crap we can build on top of a simple backend if it’s encapsulated in the right type of system

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  • [object Object]zzt@mas.to
    Apr 17, 2026, 10:56 PM

    “it’s just a column in a database” said presumably a full grown adult whose ability to live under capitalism is a column in their bank’s database

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  • jwzjwz@mastodon.social
    Apr 17, 2026, 10:21 PM

    @zzt "It's just a column in a database" is also a great rebuttal to any commentary about the Federal Reserve.

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  • [object Object]zzt@mas.to
    Apr 17, 2026, 10:23 PM

    @jwz I’m trying hard to not bring up the prison industrial complex or IBM’s role in automating concentration camps but shit these assholes really need the reminder

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  • helielohelielo@mastodon.social
    Apr 18, 2026, 8:30 PM

    @sabik @zzt @jwz “He also hacked his own machines, reprogramming them so that they’d never punch information from Column 11 [where citizens were asked to indicate their religion] onto any census card”

    People who make software have a duty to follow his example.

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  • d@nny disc@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run
    Apr 19, 2026, 6:18 AM

    @helielo @sabik @zzt anonymizing religion against a fascist government often requires more work than simply blanking out the fields (which would indicate data tampering) so i assume carmille as head statistician of the french census did something more complicated. anonymity is very poorly treated in research and deserves much more investment particularly as analogy to encryption

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  • Passengerpassenger@kolektiva.social
    Apr 17, 2026, 10:29 PM

    @zzt

    Even if I didn't already agree with you (which I do), I am a senior data engineer, and anyone saying "it's just a column in a database" makes me want to look at them over the top of my glasses until they learn the error of their ways.

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  • José Albornozeljojo@ruby.social
    Apr 18, 2026, 1:40 PM

    @zzt your whole thesis is that if we want to be in solidarity we should do nothing , while also acknowledging that the field in the database is basically a form of doing nothing. I like seeing the field as a form of plausible deniability, we done our job! — I believe there’s ways to interpret the current happenings in a light that’s much more aligned with your values, maybe take some time to try see it that way.

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  • Cap Ybarracap_ybarra@beige.party
    Apr 17, 2026, 11:21 PM

    @zzt tbqh i'm surprised they are actually implementing the field instead of just asking an llm to guess my age and then never bothering to check if it works

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  • haui ☭🇵🇸haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com
    Apr 18, 2026, 6:57 AM

    @zzt
    One could ask ibm how they implemented the stamp cards for the holocaust. Yet this company still exists, let alone has gotten any form of punishment. Its the same logic for any nazi despite a select few for a show trial. The western states have systematically shielded the nazis from prosecution, same as they do now.

    The issue is not the people saying "what should i do, I'm alone." Its the people who say "no mate, the nazis never lost control is a conspiracy theory."

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  • Complexity of systems 🏳️‍⚧️addressforbots@apcn.nz
    Apr 18, 2026, 2:29 PM

    @zzt if I remember correctly the law only applies to consumer operating systems meaning your script might (might) still work on the server/embedded but not the desktop version (which is kind of asinine because you can technically just install a desktop environment on the server edition and then they're basically indistinguishable but hey when did laws have to make logical sense)

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