Subj : [$] Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard
To   : All
From : LWN.net
Date : Wed Apr 01 2026 06:40:09


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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