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    • vole@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      19 days ago

      A developer submitted a PR code change for systemd userdb.

      My proposals (that’s really what PRs are) are to implement a solution that meets the regulatory requirements in several jurisdictions by providing a way to store a self-reported birthdate locally on the machine. These laws also require that this date is collected during account creation (hence why I made PRs against installers) and you can enter any value here, even January 1st, 1900. There is no proof required, no ID scanning, and no external tracking. Nor do I have any desire for that to ever change.

      Apparently the developer is confirmed to be just a regular guy. He thinks it’d be worse if every desktop environment implements their own solution to comply with these laws. He’s against the various laws related to this incident.

      As a fallout for submitting this pull request, he has been extensively harassed. His personal information being repeatedly posted online; his information used to sign up to a lot of sites, groups, churches, car dealerships, ordering food for him; threats of murder; regular textual harassment.

      • ExoticCherryPigeon@piefed.socialEnglish
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        18 days ago

        Deserves, the change is garbage, it affects so few people and now the rest of us have this option to be forced to use it at a later date. garbage human. Most of linux users will not be touched by any of this garbage law. i am rather militant over this

        • Tarambor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          17 days ago

          But you don’t have to use it dumbass. There is no requirement to fill it in. Funny though how you’ve never apparently had a problem with the RealName field that’s been in there for years.

        • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          18 days ago

          Yes, the dev deserves to be harassed and receive literal death threats because checks notes he added a completely optional field.

          Grow the fuck up.

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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    19 days ago

    This shit is really getting out of hand. But that was always a given considering the uneducated and hyperbolic panic being stirred up around this. Brodie of course I think has a solid response. This should served as a constant reminder how easy it is for anyone to be manipulated.