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Systemd preparing to comply with age verification laws (github.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 49 points 7 months ago (9 children)

echo "18+" > ~/.age_rc

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

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  • [+] -17 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    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!

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    There are fascist governments demanding genital inspection for playing highschool sports

    • That is already going on in the very same country we’re discussing.
    • “Things could be even worse, so until things are just as bad as that, don’t complain or try to stop it from getting worse.”
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  • [+] -15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    If you yell that the everything is on fire, over an API that doesn't do verification, it's less effective when you yell the same thing over real issues.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That’s a poor analogy, because nobody is lying, saying things are on fire that aren’t.

    We weren’t born yesterday—or at least I wasn’t. We know where this is going, and it’s folly to wait until almost the end before pushing back.

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