Possibly linuxYou guys fell for clickbait
peacefulpixelsource? i mean you went through the effort to post a meme about it at least include the relevant information
The source is the source: github.com/…/acb6624fa19ddd68f9433fb0838db119fe18…
Takes a birth date for the user in ISO 8601 calendar date format. The earliest representable year is 1900. If an empty string is passed the birth date is reset to unset.
That’s it. That’s all it does.
Whatever was discussed in the PR, the code does precisely nothing to implement any kind of verification. It’s just an optional birth date field, like tons of electronics have had forever.
lumpenproletariatSo they’re introducing a system where a users age can be verified?
Hmm, if only there was a name for that.
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.
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
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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...
So they’re introducing a system where a users age can be verified?
No. They are not.
It is an optional field that does no semblance of checking its veracity. Again, like basically every bit of electronics has had forever.
ah yeah because all of our digital clocks, smartphones, microwaves, washing machines, TVs, and… what else stores user age in a standardized manner? oh, you say none of these and no other things either?