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Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux (itsfoss.com)

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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[-] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

I am kinda giving them shit for when someone pointed out that they're essentially storing PII completely unsecured and their response was "you should use app isolation anyway". That is not a good security model.

[-] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 0 points 6 days ago

thats fair, but a lot of people are giving them shit for complying in the first place with a law that is going to be in the state they're based in.

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