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Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux (itsfoss.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by other_cat@piefed.zip to c/linux@programming.dev
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The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I see a lot of people freaking out about this, but adding this as an optional field was the right call.

This way, distros can choose for themselves whether or not they want to use it during account creation.

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 3 points 6 hours ago

At least someone gets it.

It's kinda crazy how many people here claim to use linux or even actually use linux, but apparently don't know what the operating system does and what the system manager does.