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...

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/

Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.

  • inmatarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 month ago

    echo "18+" > ~/.age_rc

    Am I compliant with California’s law now? Apps can use the POSIX API to access my age.

    • Corngood@lemmy.ml
      51·
      1 month ago

      Yes, and you can do the same thing to your child’s non-root account. The point of the California law is to allow admins (parents) to do that.

    • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.world
      921·
      1 month ago

      Yes and that’s fine and everyone freaking out is being dumb.

      There are fascist governments demanding genital inspection for playing highschool sports and they’re losing their shit over an accounts API returning an unverified age bracket!