user: add required birth date field to non-root user creation by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #4290 · archlinux/archinstall
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Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/<user>.user on the target system. Motivation Recent age verific...

Add a required birth date prompt (YYYY-MM-DD) to the user creation flow, stored as a systemd userdb JSON drop-in at /etc/userdb/<user>.user on the target system.

Motivation

Recent age verification laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. require platforms to verify user age. Collecting birth date at install time ensures Arch Linux is compliant with these regulations.

This is just a pull request, no changes yet.

The pull-request discussion thread has been locked, just like it happened for the similar thread in Systemd, owing to the amount of negative comments…

  • tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    and it happens exactly as the people whose claim is being denied with “slippery slope” fallacy said

    But this is the crux of the fallacy. What evidence is anyone providing that there is indeed an insidious chain of events we are enabling by adding the birthdate field? Are there examples of cases similar to this in history?

    EDIT: I can tell people are getting emotional about this because I’m being down voted for just asking a question that elaborates the point someone is making.

    • andioop@programming.devEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Thank you for replying without attacking me (as I’ve seen other people do to each other on this topic). I upvoted you.