SahwaGrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
bonn2I was wondering when I would see this headline. I wonder if any other big names do similar
KabeI also wonder whether or not grapheneos, or open source Linux OSs in general, will face any repercussions for failing to comply to these regulations due to the relatively low user count.
Hate to say it but systemd, the init system of most Linux distros, already has PRs with maintainer backing to implement DoB recording.
Some people can’t kneel fast enough.
PortNullWhich already has a revert commit github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179
Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd
This reverts commit acb6624, reversing changes made to ba1caf0. Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" After extensive community discussion, legal review and c...
The self-important creator of Systemd has personally blocked that PR, if I’m hearing correctly, which would suggest he or his employer Microsoft is all in on it.
tabularIt’s an optional field in the userdb JSON object. It’s not a policy engine, not an API for apps. We just define the field, so that it’s standardized iff people want to store the date there, but it’s entirely optional.
“I’m not picking a side” and “this future proofs standardization” is of little comfort. This is seriously suspect and now I have to look for alternatives to SystemD(odgetheissue).
SystemDOGE. It is just a matter of time before Big Balls exfiltrates our Linux data.