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GrayShadeyesterday at 6:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

The operating system does not need to know your full name, email and location in order to manage your hardware and software, yet systemd has had optional fields for those for years and nobody complained. They added an extra optional field for the date of birth.

> Some of this has been fueled by a misinformation campaign that has targeted the systemd project and Taylor specifically, resulting in Taylor being doxxed and receiving death threats.

I see.


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raszyesterday at 7:06 PM

> full name, email and location in order to manage your hardware and software, yet systemd has had optional fields for those for years and nobody complained.

maybe we should complain

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stevenaloweyesterday at 8:56 PM

unfortunately the article does not mention who is responsible for the alleged misinformation campaign

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marshrayyesterday at 6:44 PM

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