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Its not leaving a lot of choice if it's part of systemd and I'd wager far more people do not want this than were asking for it. There's no benefit to it except for the government and corporations that want your data.

It doesn't guarantee anything, but does open the door for it. Now that this functionality exists, apps are going to start using it and requiring it. It's now something we all have to worry about and compensate for going forward.

If you're not putting accurate information in there why have it at all? Why argue in favor of it? There is literally no benefit to having this shit other than to comply with a bullshit law that they could get around by simply blocking California users from downloading their OS (this wouldn't actually work because peer to peer exists, but it would eliminate the OS developers responsibility in the situation).

It’s possible to put your full first and last name into your user, so by your logic the first and last name fields of the user profile should not exist.

Agreed

How is having a centralized store of all your demographic information where any app can query it on your OS a privacy concern? Are you serious? Maybe people don't want to send their personal information to every single god damn thing that asks for it?

Example:

The Datastealingassholes app wants your data

Without this: You are prompted to enter your DOB in a field, decide fuck no, and that's that.

With this: They query the data store on your OS and they have whatever they want without input from you. Maybe the app is run by a bad actor trying to spy on you. They already have your DOB. It just confirmed for them that YOU are the person operating this PC.

What benefit is there to have it? The only purpose it serves is to create privacy concerns.

This field will NEVER affect you unless you choose to install software on your system that requires it.

If the field did not exist software could not be made to utilize it.

It's not just a simple disagreement. They are allowing invasion of our privacy. If he didn't want people pissed at him he shouldn't have folded. We are dealing with government overreach on every front. Now is not the time to be giving up ground. I don't think he deserves death threats but if he's not with us he's against us.

It's giving an inch. We shouldn't be doing that. We should be fighting tooth an nail against every single aggression against our privacy. They've already taken far too much.

I always feel kind of good about it if it takes some effort to get an answer to an issue I'm having. If I've been searching through docs and troubleshooting for hours and finally give up and ask for help and someone just answers right away I feel like a dumbass.

That's the thing. People try be kind but these guys jump in there in a panic and when they don't instantly get an answer they're all like "AREN'T ANY OF YOU ASSHOLES GOING TO HELP ME!!!?". We'd be helping if we could dude but you already fucked yourself. Getting all aggressive with us isn't going to change matters.

I'm in a couple discords that have tech support channels and it's always annoying when people like that come in. "I already catastrophically fucked my shit up,. Why aren't you assholes helping?" Okay buddy, let me just hop back to the past real quick and stop you from doing that.

That's horrifying. That thing is wrong waaaaaaay to often to trust it. Like, easily more than half the time and that's me googling shit I'm not even that knowledgeable about.

So we're just making up what words mean now?