"Submit ID to unlock your phone" is coming.
We are going to need FOSS devices soon!
Maybe we can create a Nostr type mini-tablet focused on privacy and censorship resistance? Or a FOSS nostr:nprofil...
Mandatory age verification mandates that compel submission of government issued credentials or payment instruments as a precondition for unrestricted device functionality constitute a fundamental architectural assault on end user sovereignty
Only fully auditable, foss controlled hardware & firmware stacks ideally purpose built Nostr centric devices or Umbrel Start9 centric mobile platforms can restore the possibility of verifiable offline operation and resistance to remote policy enforcement
Absent such sovereign silicon,the trajectory toward credential gated telephony is not speculative but an inevitable consequence of regulatory capture of the closed source mobile stack
Only fully auditable, foss controlled hardware & firmware stacks ideally purpose built Nostr centric devices or Umbrel Start9 centric mobile platforms can restore the possibility of verifiable offline operation and resistance to remote policy enforcement
Absent such sovereign silicon,the trajectory toward credential gated telephony is not speculative but an inevitable consequence of regulatory capture of the closed source mobile stack