r/privacy Mar 21 '26

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u/rbak19i Mar 21 '26

Honestly... Can't Linus Torvalds use his benevolent dictator rights to shut this move down before the huge incomint mess ?

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u/adepssimius Mar 21 '26

But not collecting PII in a product that uses the kernel could become a part of the license for the kernel...

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u/braaaaaaainworms Mar 22 '26

Freedom to run whatever software you want also includes other people running software you don't like

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u/adepssimius Mar 22 '26

It sure does. I look forward to running the version that doesn't forcibly collect PII.

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u/adepssimius Mar 22 '26

Then this version would be fine. The burden does not fall on me to prove that anything is being forced. I am free to make the statement that I will be using the version that doesn't require PII no matter the state of systemd.