• [$] Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Wed Apr 1 06:40:09 2026

    In early March, Dylan M. Taylor submitted a pull request to add a field
    to store a user's birth date in systemd's JSON user records. This was done to allow
    applications to store the date to facilitate compliance with age-attestation and
    -verification laws. It was to be expected that some members of the community would
    object; the actual response, however, has been shockingly hostile. Some of this has
    been fueled by a misinformation campaign that has targeted the systemd project and
    Taylor specifically, resulting in Taylor being doxxed and receiving death threats. Such behavior is not just problematic; it is also deeply misguided given the
    actual nature of the changes.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1064706/
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