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...
I’m not so technical, but my understanding this won’t be systemd enforcing it, as much as offering a common storage and retrieval method for the Distros.
You are correct. Similar to how /etc/passwd used in all Linux distros has had mostly neglected “GECOS” field for full name and phone number for decades. I am yet to hear of SMS validation done against such phone numbers.
If this will indeed be implemented, that is finally an objectively good reason for the haters. I wonder how distros will deal with this.
I’m not so technical, but my understanding this won’t be systemd enforcing it, as much as offering a common storage and retrieval method for the Distros.
Please correct me if mistaken
I haven’t looked into this b/c, frankly, this at a low place on my current emergencies list, but sounds plausible.
You are correct. Similar to how
/etc/passwdused in all Linux distros has had mostly neglected “GECOS” field for full name and phone number for decades. I am yet to hear of SMS validation done against such phone numbers.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field