Post B6ezSc4tPx4AIgQdkm by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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(DIR) Post #B6ezSc4tPx4AIgQdkm by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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i'm sure systemd and friends will be reverting those age verification system commits promptlyhttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/
(DIR) Post #B6fJ5LrRXmFOQYK6D2 by anselmschueler@ieji.de
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@davidgerard systemd didn't add age verification tho? it's very weird to see a conspiracy hereclarification: I don't think they are a conspiracy. what I'm saying is this post sounds like they think there is a conspiracy (which I think there isn't)
(DIR) Post #B6fJ5M6gd6RNBpSGy8 by ret@furry.engineer
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@anselmschueler @davidgerard systemd did in fact add scaffolding to support age verification, explicitly citing Colorado's law as a reason tho.https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
(DIR) Post #B6fJ5MLZjkLlw0QAAy by ret@furry.engineer
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@anselmschueler @davidgerard I mean christ the PR description has "for age verification" in it.
(DIR) Post #B6fJ5Ma6rhyaf5DlpY by 30p87@chaos.social
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@ret @anselmschueler @davidgerard And the final changelog rightly calls it a push to get on par with other userdb systems. Other systems (like ldap) have age, location, phone number, real name etc. fields, so why specifically should systemd not include age? Is age somehow much more protected than real name and location?If you have a problem with the original intention, revert and redo the changes then. But that's a huge waste of time and resources.
(DIR) Post #B6fJ5Mk2Gnur9rrhIm by Sylvhem@eldritch.cafe
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@30p87 Is your argument really “LDAP may know your age, so why your init system shouldn’t?”?@ret @anselmschueler @davidgerard