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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 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 -2 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 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

need a "/s" on that last line?

[–] FishFace@piefed.social -2 points 1 day ago

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