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Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support (itsfoss.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm not really sure you can argue birthdate is the thin edge of the spear when the standard Linux user database already had fields for location, email, phone number, and real name. None of which have been used for anything up to this point, and systemd-homed is not as widely used.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I get it, but I believe it to be a false equivalence. This change is not happening in isolation. There is currently a general trend towards de-anonymising users, and this DOB field is a step in that direction.

    The only real question is, do I want my computer storing more, or less, personally identifying information. Given that I don't trust the intended use, or ANY use which is later enabled by this, my answer is 'less'.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    I agree with your second paragraph but I fail to see how the existing unused fields are somehow less dangerous or a "false equivalence" to a new unused DOB field which is significantly harder to use to deanonymize someone than their name, address, and phone number.

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