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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I get that systemd also manages user data. I still fail to see how it needs that DoB.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone -4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

because theyre being pragmatic… laws are starting to be introduced around the globe for parental controls - whatever that means in each jurisdiction. given that, there needs to be options available to people wanting to, or required to comply with said laws… the best place to do that is in a user record, as an optional field… extensible user records, in modern linux, are stored in systemd

it needs it in a similar manner to how it needs location, email, real name, etc: it doesn’t functionally need it, but it’s a place to store the metadata associated with a user such that other applications can use it

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

If they're pragmatic, they'd wait to confirm the requirement. Currently, they're more on the proactively bootlicking side than pragmatic.

Location is needed to set timezone. As for real name and email, they're both tied to history.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 point 6 months ago

waiting for california would be us-centrism… california isn’t the only place in the world that exists; it was just the trigger

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[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Honestly idk why people are so mad at the wrong people. They are doing this for concern of following the laws that are being passed in many jurisdictions. Some of which required “operating systems” to store date of birth that apps can access. What that means and what even is an OS is heavily up to debate.

Either way people need to call their lawmakers and be mad at those passing these laws.