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It says information used for age checks will not be stored by Discord or the verification company.
Bullshit. Every time some bitch-ass company says this, 4-5 years later they’re like “we were hacked, someone took everyone’s photo IDs!”
“And we were hacked because we don’t care about security because there’s zero accountability, see you at the next hack!”
Sounds like a creepy way for discord to take millions of photos of children and feed them to an AI.
I mean… there ARE privacy respecting options, but guess what they chose to do so.
Like, to protect the children UNPROTECT the children by uploading the face to a thirdparty company, so not even directly to discord. I didnt read their TOS or Privacy Policy, but i bet they save the images for “improving” their model and selling it to other AI / ML companies.
Well. Anyone got a Discord alternative recommendation if I use it for text messaging? Would rather not upload my ID or face. I looked at Revolt, but they’re apparently histed in the UK, which is mandating age verification.
IRC, matrix?
How? My PC doesn’t have a camera. Also couldn’t you just hold up a video of an older person
Pretty much any adult has a smartphone capable of running discord and with a camera. You only have to verify once on any device.
Also couldn’t you just hold up a video of an older person
Based on my experience with similar things in the past, it activates the camera for a few seconds and you have to pan to give it a 3d image of your face.
Edit: Not sure why I’m getting downvoted for explaining how the system works. I’m not even taking any sides here.
I don’t use a smartphone
I gathered, but (people like) you’re like 0.0001% of the population. Discord doesn’t care about your demographic.
