userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd
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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...

Not to mention that they locked the unpopular pull request from reactions.

  • grue@lemmy.world
    6·
    4 months ago

    It’s complying in advance, when civil disobedience is called for.

    The problem isn’t the technical change itself; the problem is the motivation and context.