systemd, the base of most Linux systems, merged in the basics of an age verification system.

This is a massive fuck you to every queer child that the FOSS community cares more about money than user freedom.

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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@wwahammy No, it isn't. If a queer child can run sudo, it can change that field. And if not, it can probably still run an XDG portal that always returns "18".