cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62271427
For those interested, the Systemd release that’s planned to include the controversial ‘birthDate’ field to user records, complying with age-verification laws, is v261 (see ‘milestone’ in the pull request). This release seems to be planned for May.
The current release, from some hours ago, is v260.1. I see that Ubuntu Noble (24.04) just updated to v255.
so you want them to comply after the deadline?
What I want is for them to signal non-support for the fuckery instead of signaling support for it!
I don’t want them to comply at all, and just say people in Fascist California can’t use their software anymore instead.
Its multiple states plus some countries too.
But anyway the law as it stand is not problematic to any one. When installing an OS and asked for birth date put any random date.
If the law require actual verification or make it illegal - for you as a user - to provide false date then its fascist in my book
Remember when port sites had the same thing? Now in like, what half of all US states you have to show ID.
Things always start innocently enough the trick is knowing that whenever the government starts enacting laws like this (It’S JuSt YoUr AgE!) It always, always, always (say it with me now) always 100 percent of the time, escalates.
Interestingly they also made routers from other countries illegal now too. Its gearing up towards you having to do SSN or some incredibly invasive biometric like retina scans or fingerprints just to use your system. And the router thing is when they come for VPNs that will be a lot easier to control when they see 100% of all the traffic you send and receive with no way out.
You saying “you want them to follow after they pass the law” is kind of an easy tell that you realize that this all will have law attached to it at some point.
Do you want that? If not then stand the fuck up and don’t let people downplay shit like this.
That only underscores how imperative it is to fight against it, and that fucking fascist traitors like Poettering disregarding the community by fiat are the last thing we need!