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Systemd Introduces Birth Date Support for Upcoming Linux Desktop Age Controls (linuxiac.com)
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[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 7 points 3 months ago

If the functionality is already in the system then what is stopping more governments requiring it or expanding it.

Because having direct access to your system is something that would be incompatible with the constitution of most civilized countries and would therefore require massive legislative change. If a government is planning to do that, an additional field in systemd won't be the change that tips the scales.