Article 74M51 [$] Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard

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

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

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