user: add required birth date field to user creation by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #4290 · archlinux/archinstall
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Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/<user>.user on the target system. Motivation Recent age verific...

Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/<user>.user on the target system.

Motivation

Recent age verification laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. require platforms to verify user age. Collecting birth date at install time ensures Arch Linux is compliant with these regulations.

This is just a pull request, no changes yet.

The pull-request discussion thread has been locked, just like it happened for the similar thread in Systemd, owing to the amount of negative comments…

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 day ago

      Or you know, just getting a lot of accesses blocked, your ISP blocking you, etc.

      No matter how you put it, it’s more risk than inputting a bullshit field at install.

        • Solumbran@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          Good for you.

          Now what about others that are not in your situation? What if this gets flagged as a suspicious behavior? What if your ISP blocks access to devices that are not allowed by a third party (government or company)?

          You can always make a slippery slope. The difference is that complying for now brings nothing bad, not complying brings more focus and puts a target on linux and its users.

            • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              No wifi here.

              I prefer my health.

              And not to have security vulnerability to echo location 3D picture of everything in my house.

              • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
                1·
                1 day ago

                Isps provide modems. You can add your own router and manage the network yourself if you’re so inclined. Why do all these threads have people like you that don’t know basic things about computing and networking commenting on this?