the future

year is 2025

>my young child walks into my home office
>"Whoa, what's that?" he asks
>he's pointing to my computer
>I reply "It's my computer."
>"But it's just a box... isn't that your computer?" he asks while pointing at my LCD monitor
>mfw
>"No, son, that's just the screen."
>"What happens if that box stops working?"
>"Then I take it apart and replace the broken part."
>"But I thought that was against the law? You mean you don't buy a new computer?"
>"No, I built this computer years ago. It's not illegal to open a homebuilt computer yet. Heh, I've only had to add another 16 GB of RAM and install a new HoloDisc drive, but it's still the same computer I've had since you were a baby."
>he looks confused, then says, "Okay," before walking out to play on the family widescreen iDroid Home Tablet Computer™, with 24/7 biometric Facebook webcam tracking based on the compulsory RFID chip embedded in his neck thanks to lobbying by corporations to "leave no child left untracked", in the living room
>mfw
>my young daughter walks into the room
>"Dad, I need help with my report. I have to write about why terrorism is scary but I don't know some of these words."
>"Which words, honey?"
>"Pr... priva-cy."
>mfw

human microchip program is in full swing
Google's BrainLink neural interface is unveiled, prompting concerns that people will be able to encrypt their memories and communicate in secret with each other, which is against the law
two United States Congressmen try to push for the decriminalization of encryption but suddenly become embroiled in two completely separate yet simultaneous sex scandals as they're writing the bill
a California man is arrested for growing his own vegetables without a permit
Microsoft announces the next version of Windows360 will have a new feature called "PersonalEncryption" which allows the user to encrypt their files on the cIoud through a legal loophole which stipulates that Microsoft and the government must have the encryption keys; mainstream media hails this as a great privacy feature
the United Emirates of Great Britain and Northern Ireland announce that under concerns of safety, all new systems must have remote desktop enabled by default and be connected to government servers; European Parliament members consider making this an EU-wide law
most Linux distributions are now banned
superSSD (SSSD) and superSATA (SSATA) connections allow such fast transfer speeds that the US President says he will make them mandatory for all systems by 2060, after which a law will be passed to make it mandatory for all data to be copied from your laptop or tablet whenever you pass a security checkpoint
4chan announces the death of its founder, Christopher Poole, who died in his Philippine beach house; the memorial thread on /b/ gets over 9000 upvotes