My line in the sand is when a distro/app starts enforcing entry of birth date data. Having a database field to store it, or even an optional prompt for it isn’t the point where I bin it.
They’re not the same though. Your method will enable the system to interact meaningfully with an age gated internet. Blank will not. And I won’t be interacting with an age gated internet…
That is a valid point. Of course it still would be rather anonymised, but it could always be a ‘frog in the pot’ type situation, where most drastic changes are introduced very slowly. My main concern at the end of the day is how much info will be required to be given to services and how much data will be actually stored. If it’s anonymised, then I don’t see much of a threat. If a service requires me to fully identify for an age check, that’s an entirely different thing, especially considering the last of Discord’s data leaks.
My line in the sand is when a distro/app starts enforcing entry of birth date data. Having a database field to store it, or even an optional prompt for it isn’t the point where I bin it.
Good distros will push default a dob of 1970-1-1, mark my fucking words.
That’s still forcing a DOB, which is the line I won’t cross.
When you make a new user using
adduserdo you leave your full name, number, and room number?Blank is blank, epoch is functionally the same as leaving it blank. Especially if it becomes industry standard.
They’re not the same though. Your method will enable the system to interact meaningfully with an age gated internet. Blank will not. And I won’t be interacting with an age gated internet…
I would but I’ve always been opposed to systemd anyway.
But for me it’s a slippery slope I don’t think we should even get on.
I agree. But the start of the slope isn’t my exit point. My exit point is just before the slope gets too steep to get off.
I’m curious about GNU Shepard but still haven’t gotten around to swapping. Does anyone have experiences to share?
That is a valid point. Of course it still would be rather anonymised, but it could always be a ‘frog in the pot’ type situation, where most drastic changes are introduced very slowly. My main concern at the end of the day is how much info will be required to be given to services and how much data will be actually stored. If it’s anonymised, then I don’t see much of a threat. If a service requires me to fully identify for an age check, that’s an entirely different thing, especially considering the last of Discord’s data leaks.