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Revert 'userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records' (#41179)

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The article covers the revert of a proposed birthDate field in systemd's userdb JSON records, highlighting privacy and legal concerns and the lack of upstream consensus. It outlines reasons for not implementing OS-level age data, including privacy risks, governance challenges, and potential compliance issues, and notes that the field would be optional and non-policy-enforcing. The post also references discussions and related links, and shows the PR being closed after debate.

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