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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T13:52:50.000Z",
  "site": "https://lwn.net",
  "tags": [
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    "JSON user records"
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  "textContent": "In early March, Dylan M. Taylor submitted a pull request to add a field to store a user's birth date in systemd's JSON user records. This was done to allow applications to store the date to facilitate compliance with age-attestation and -verification laws. It was to be expected that some members of the community would object; the actual response, however, has been shockingly hostile. Some of this has been fueled by a misinformation campaign that has targeted the systemd project and Taylor specifically, resulting in Taylor being doxxed and receiving death threats. Such behavior is not just problematic; it is also deeply misguided given the actual nature of the changes.",
  "title": "[$] Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard"
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