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...

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  • Mikina@programming.dev
    10·
    6 hours ago

    Would it be possible to add a layer on top that shows you when an app requests it, and shows you a checkbox about what you want it to report? Or just block the call as not supported.

    Faking it to be child (or just random with each request) until you need a higher number could mess up with advertisers and in general fingerprinting.

    • spectrums_coherence@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      I think it is accessed through xdg-protal, and the usage tracking and permission etc. likely happen at that layer.

      The xdg-desktop-portal project is adding an age verification portal (flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#1922) that needs a data source for the user’s age. userdb already stores personal metadata (emailAddress, realName, location) so birthDate is a natural fit.