Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws
in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc.
The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...
Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…
You’re right, and thanks for that and the second link too.
Still, as “bowing to fascist fuckery” goes, trying to figure out how to securely store a piece of data is hardly problematic. The Flatpak PR they cite also mentions that they wanted options for parental controls independently of the law, and it’s that part I’d be more concerned about, but still less than about the “upload your ID please, promise we won’t pull any fuckery with it- whoops” shit going on elsewhere.
Hey I’m not gonna disagree. I just provided an answer to what that person meant about “glowing”.
I’ll add another link that you might want to consider though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticipatory_obedience
You’re right, and thanks for that and the second link too.
Still, as “bowing to fascist fuckery” goes, trying to figure out how to securely store a piece of data is hardly problematic. The Flatpak PR they cite also mentions that they wanted options for parental controls independently of the law, and it’s that part I’d be more concerned about, but still less than about the “upload your ID please, promise we won’t pull any fuckery with it- whoops” shit going on elsewhere.