
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org you can get north korean folding smartphones though so it’s a mixed bag https://www.northkoreatech.org/2024/10/09/madusans-folding-smartphone-is-identified/
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@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org you can get north korean folding smartphones though so it’s a mixed bag https://www.northkoreatech.org/2024/10/09/madusans-folding-smartphone-is-identified/


@galoisghost @Zerush an incredibly small number of systems fall into the prohibited cases, and those categories themselves have wide exceptions. so no, i don’t think so…


@Kidplayer_666 it does? specifically says withdrawal of consent must be as easy as giving it. just not properly enforced.


@Notnotmike pretty well-known! also OKCupid started warning Mozilla users about it based on HTTP headers which was an interesting form of protest https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536
@rozlav don’t need a smartphone, but do need access to a telephone number. it’s an important anti spam measure. you never have to use or display it: can operate entirely with signal usernames instead