aeva5d ago
when the linux age attestation cops come for me i'm going to tell them i was born on January 1st, 1970 at exactly 00:00:00 UTC even though though I've been old enough to legally see a breast in 48 states for 20 years now
Show threadaeva5d ago
i know your privacy and liberty are importnat to you but have you considered that microsfot might needs this feature so they can comply with laws
Show threadduck whomst meow5d ago

@aeva

turns out those laws come from facebook

Show threadaeva
@mairi right. and that's why systemd is correct to bend over backwards to comply before they're even real laws
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Show threadunable to decrypt message5d ago
@aeva @mairi systemd is a startup now so they think they have to comply with these laws https://amutable.com/blog/introducing-amutable
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Show threadLexy of the Day 🏳‍⚧5d ago
@aeva @mairi wait what is going on? Do I need to rip out my Linux install too now and just run bare metal or some nonsense?
Show threadKat S5d ago
@qlexy There are a couple of distributions that don't use systemd; I know of Alpine and Chimera.
Alpine is smol and Chimera is determinedly gay, in case that helps you choose between them.
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Show threadLexy of the Day 🏳‍⚧5d ago
@KatS @aeva @mairi or I never update arch again
Show threadKat S5d ago
@qlexy I've considered that option, too, but systemd was already pissing me off badly enough to seek out a way back to the SVR4 way of life.
This change just increases the urgency.
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Show threadJohn Q5d ago
@KatS
@qlexy @aeva @mairi I haven't tried it out yet, but I recently came across a guide for switching from systemd to sysvinit on Debian. Priority is going up on that task for me.
Show threadaeva4d ago
@qlexy @mairi context https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd

Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

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Show threadaeva4d ago
@qlexy @mairi i do wonder what would happen in the alternate universe where the temple os guy was still alive and a contrived series of events occurred and led to him refusing to comply with age verification laws on sincere religious grounds, but that's the only person i think who could have pulled it off