Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down140cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBjornir@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 hours agoWhat is the use case for that field? I do not see it as being used as anything else than a stepping stone towards age verification.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 minutes agothis is the correct way to frame this issue. it serves no purpose other than to support things that are further down a slope I wonder if a fork becomes successful, or if traditional init based systems make a comeback enterprise users obviously won’t give a shit about any of this, and will keep using redhat or amazon linux or whatever
What is the use case for that field? I do not see it as being used as anything else than a stepping stone towards age verification.
this is the correct way to frame this issue. it serves no purpose other than to support things that are further down a slope
I wonder if a fork becomes successful, or if traditional init based systems make a comeback
enterprise users obviously won’t give a shit about any of this, and will keep using redhat or amazon linux or whatever