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Systemd preparing to comply with age verification laws

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Systemd preparing to comply with age verification laws

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Linux@lemmy.ml · 17 hours ago

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

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...

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

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You mean tied to IDs or something?

Anything goes, ID is one way to do it.

This thread is acting like this is a slope to systemd distros requiring an ID check, if I’m reading it right.

The post itself is phrased like that for engagement.

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