Hello Dumas Walker!
** On Monday 30.03.26 - 14:30, Dumas Walker wrote to MATTHEW MUNSON:
>> AB 1043 law that requires age verification even in linux.
>> I talked to a state legislator about the issue but she was sorta
>> clueless since almost all of them voted for the hot mess of the law. But
>> Maybe it will take all of us who live in California to explain to the
>> legislators that the legislation needs to be repealed.
DW> Supposedly, systemd is already being updated to include user age info. :/
"is systemd being modified to include age restriction?"
Chatgpt:
"Yes, but not in the sense of built-in mandatory age checks.
"Recent versions of systemd have added an optional birthDate field to user
records. The idea is to provide a standard place to store a user's date of birth
so desktop environments, app stores, or parental-control systems can use it if
needed for local laws or age-based features. Only administrators can set the
field. ([StartupNews.fyi][1])
"However, systemd itself is not currently doing active age verification,
identity checks, or forcing users to provide their age. The field is optional
and distributions can ignore it entirely. Several developers and distributions
have already said they do not plan to use it. ([It's FOSS][2])
"The change has been controversial in the Linux community because some people
see it as groundwork for future OS-level age restrictions, even if the current
code does very little by itself. There are already forks and patches that remove
or disable the feature. ([cybernews.com][3])
[1]: https://startupnews.fyi/2026/03/21/systemd-adds-optional-birthdate-field-fo
r-age-verification-to-json-user-records/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "SystemD Adds
Optional 'birthDate' Field for Age Verification to JSON User Records"
[2]: https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/?utm_sour
ce=chatgpt.com "Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification
Support"
[3]: https://cybernews.com/privacy/systemd-forked-over-age-verification-quarrel/
?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Systemd birth date field triggers forking | Cybernews"
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