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minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down2·1 month agosystemd is introducing birthDate as a user json field, if that’s what you mean with rumor. The PR to revert that change was not merged: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoSo apps can look at it and verify the users age? 🤔
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·1 month ago“Verify” is a strong word, if the age in there isn’t actually verified. If I say my realName is Nunya Bissnis, my location is Atlantis and my birthDate is 1970-01-01, who’s going to check if that’s at all accurate?
minus-squaretroed@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 month agoIf someone populates it and if apps do it. The “debate” is whether this is something systemd should or should not have done.
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI only mean the verification is clearly in the app that uses it then.
systemd is introducing birthDate as a user json field, if that’s what you mean with rumor.
The PR to revert that change was not merged:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179
So apps can look at it and verify the users age? 🤔
“Verify” is a strong word, if the age in there isn’t actually verified. If I say my realName is Nunya Bissnis, my location is Atlantis and my birthDate is 1970-01-01, who’s going to check if that’s at all accurate?
If someone populates it and if apps do it. The “debate” is whether this is something systemd should or should not have done.
I only mean the verification is clearly in the app that uses it then.