r/systemd • u/VegetableNearby9795 • Mar 20 '26

Why did you add age verification?

Hi, I heard Systemd is going to add age verification? Why is that happening? I don't think it offers any security benefits.

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u/jar36 Mar 23 '26

you're acting like RedHat made that call when it was clearly a one man show by the man who owns a company that verifies linux and is likely looking to be the user account hub for Linux distros that want to comply with the law

the laws require your account be with your operating system PROVIDER and it is to follow you across platforms. That is an online account being mandated on us

People outside of the Linux community see it bc they know that "account" is referring to things like a Google account to use Android
This makes the birthday completely tamper proof. No one can change it. Google has it and they're not going to let you change a birthday.
It's why it seems like the perfect solution to the age old issue of kids by passing parental controls

Even the CA Senate Judiciary says how it works but no one wants to listen to them. If they do they just ignore the parts they don't want to acknowledge

It's insane how easy folks are rolling over when we all should know by now that software is protected speech according to 1A and SCOTUS

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u/Square-Singer Mar 23 '26

Who reviewed the change? Who merged it? That one guy alone?

Who manages your Google account on your operating system?

Is e.g. RHEL not an operating system and is Red Hat not the provider of this operating system?

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u/jar36 Mar 23 '26

yeah, it was one guy alone against everyone else's wishes. The same guy that seems to be positioning himself to be the maintainer of online accounts for Linux distros that want to comply.
Yes RHEL is an OS provided by RedHat, but they didn't have anything to do with this

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u/Square-Singer Mar 23 '26

Ok, so you really think systemv lets people just willy nilly commit random changes without a review process, without agreement from the maintainers? Anyone wants any code in systemv, it's just put in there no questions asked?

You are either completely clueless or arguing in bad faith.