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[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Apparently the person who made that PR was doxxed and sent death threats, which only makes me empathize with systemd even more.

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago

Theyve posted in a Discord I'm in that they've gotten death threats, stuff sent to their house, endless phone calls and spam emails, people threatening their family members on social media. Everything you can think of outside of literally lighting their house on fire (so far).

I think their decision to voluntarily add this feature was poor and unnecessary (nobody asked or paid them to) but the reaction is disgusting.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 2 points 19 hours ago

That's insane... It's not like they added any sort of tracking code or any code that can cause anyone harm. They literally just added a date field to user accounts called "birthDate". People need to fucking relax.