There is no legitimate reason an OS needs to have a DOB field for user data.
It's a fundamental concept for Data Minimization
"Don't store any more information than you actually need"
If an application or other user-space extension has a need for a dob, it should be implemented there, not as part of the init daemon.
h3mmy :v_enby:
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2026-03-25 19:38:44 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…x4ye
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