@veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
2026-03-21 14:32 UTC
Fields like name and location do not have any expectation for the information being valid or accurate (see eg.: ``adduser``).
DOB is different. It comes *from* a legal expectation that correctness of the information will be enforced somehow. If going by the Colorado and NY law proposals, IIRC, by using *biometrics at the time of system install*.
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@Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-21 19:14
not even said laws have an expectation that the date of birth provided would be accurate. the colorado bill just says "require[] an account holder to indicate" and never defines "indicate", the ny bill says "request an age category signal" and never defines "signal", so i assume they're like the california law which has been verified to be just "enter your date of birth in this text field/dropdown and we'll trust you girl". i don't think any of that involves biometrics there's no alien intelligence or protocol specification in systemd that ensures or says the dob field must be accurate either