Post #1401712
2026-03-22 13:18 UTC
Your real name and location data have been stored in UNIX/Linux for over 60 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field
realName and location have been fields in systemd since the beginning.
Were you panicking about this before social media told you to be afraid?
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@CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 17:08
> Your real name and location data have been stored in UNIX/Linux for over 60 years. *IF* you entered that info. And it wasn't being used by applications to enable surveillance laws. It's a false equivalency.