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Birthdate field under discussion also in Arch Linux (github.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/.user on the target system.

Motivation

Recent age verification laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. require platforms to verify user age. Collecting birth date at install time ensures Arch Linux is compliant with these regulations.

This is just a pull request, no changes yet.

The pull-request discussion thread has been locked, just like it happened for the similar thread in Systemd, owing to the amount of negative comments...

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[–] rando@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s very obvious this is just an entry point to degrade even more of our privacy and rights. How many times is this kind of shit gonna keep happening and people will still fall for it.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was this also true with the real name field?

[–] rando@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you really don’t see this as a problem with governments instituting this you are exactly who I am talking about. Keep drinking the koolaid bud

[–] FishFace@piefed.social -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Governments should not be requiring this of operating systems; it's absurd on many levels.

But actually implementing it is still pretty innocuous.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

need a "/s" on that last line?

[–] FishFace@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago

Maybe just a clarification. Implementing optional fields is innocuous. Implementing requirements is not.