Comment on Liberated SystemdComments−wewewedxfgdf5moHere is the changes:https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/71ad73569d9a5e2588...−gzread5moWow. Literally right next to the birthday field, which is apparently a gateway to mass surveillance, is physical location, which is apparently not?−liveoneggs5mohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field−iamnothere5moWhy not just add national ID number then? Surely that won’t be a problem either?−NekkoDroid5moIf you wanna save it in your user record sure, why not?Though the main problem would be that there isn't a "national ID number" everywhere in the world, so the format would be near arbitray.−pera5moContext/related submission:Store birth date in systemd for age verificationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436240
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Here is the changes:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/71ad73569d9a5e2588...
Wow. Literally right next to the birthday field, which is apparently a gateway to mass surveillance, is physical location, which is apparently not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field
Why not just add national ID number then? Surely that won’t be a problem either?
If you wanna save it in your user record sure, why not?
Though the main problem would be that there isn't a "national ID number" everywhere in the world, so the format would be near arbitray.
Context/related submission:
Store birth date in systemd for age verification
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47436240