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this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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Yes, right next to the fields for your full name and address, all of which are optional. It’s a total nothingburger.
Yeah just because they build cages for kids in the desert near the border doesn't mean anything's going to happen! It's just optional infrastructure in case you want to put your kids in a cage. It's totally voluntary.
There are genuinely useful use cases for it, and unlike what you suggest it is completely harmless.
Is everyone ignoring the direct quote in the orginal post that is referring to laws (California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025)) that are going to force you to verify your age?
No; I think these bills are terrible and should be resisted. But the outrage about (what is effectively) a database on your pc to store information that itself doesn't do anything is ridiculous.
If abyone wants or needs to implement a system like that (could be for work,for example), that's perfectly fine. What isn't fine is the existence of the laws in the first place, and they shouldn't be resisted with (just) technology.
So you support adding a field for your SSN too? It's just going to be stored in a database on your PC so why not??
Yeah? I don’t use most of the boxes, that one would also remain blank just like the age box.
Yeah, and I'm never going to use it, just like I don't use any of the other existing fields - it doesn't matter.
The California law does not require verification. Only attestation.
For now...
Not invested enough to be for or against it personally; just curious...
What are the user-beneficial use cases for it?
I could imagine a parental control setup using this information, for example. Linux is really behind in this regard and it's time it started catching up IMO.
That makes sense. Papa having control over what junior sees is probably not very functionally different from Big Brother having control over what an individual sees, lol