Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month (theverge.com)
- Reference: 0180760962
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/161215/discord-will-require-a-face-scan-or-id-for-full-access-next-month
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
> Users who aren't verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won't be able to speak in Discord's livestream-like "stage" channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive. They will also get warning prompts for friend requests from potentially unfamiliar users, and DMs from unfamiliar users will be automatically filtered into a separate inbox.
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> [...] A government ID might still be required for age verification in its global rollout. According to Discord, to remove the new "teen-by-default" changes and limitations, "users can choose to use facial age estimation or submit a form of identification to [Discord's] vendor partners, with more options coming in the future." The first option uses AI to analyze a user's video selfie, which Discord says never leaves the user's device. If the age group estimate (teen or adult) from the selfie is incorrect, users can appeal it or verify with a photo of an identity document instead. That document will be verified by a third party vendor, but Discord says the images of those documents "are deleted quickly -- in most cases, immediately after age confirmation."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Global Tendency (Score:1)
Governments want control.
In France, ma€ron says he wants to protect the youngs under 16.
OK, that's could be good, if this wouldn't imply that everybody must surrender pseudonymity.
But the real point is that ma€ron declared a war against each and every counter-power since his first election. He hates contradiction. He hates democracy.
Discord data breach October 2020 (Score:1)
They had a data breach of ID scans. Their “answer” is corporate enshittifaction ( [1]https://discord.com/press-rele... [discord.com] ) Do we want to trust them AGAIN?!
[1] https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service
So...... (Score:2)
1. Print out a picture of Ryan Reynolds.
2. Staple it to your forehead ala Deadpool
3. Get Verified
4. Profit????
Farewell discord (Score:2)
Some service have found funny to impose a phone number verification to register. I did not make an account there. That is not negotiable. This why i don't use chat GPT.
If Discord becomes too annoying to use without an ID i will get out of it. Helen Lovejoys be damned.
No thanks (Score:3)
I guess it's back to IRC
I'm fine with this (Score:2)
They can censor my Discord experience. All I do on it do tabletop RPGs, as long as I can voice chat I don't think I'll care.
For people that do care. There are alternatives to Discord and they're going to go there. Hopefully Discord has a good idea of how many users they will have to give up for this, and have hopefully crunched the numbers before deciding if it was worth adding these restrictions.
Re: lol no. (Score:2)
Your kids donâ(TM)t need to do the verification if they arenâ(TM)t adults. Kids can continue to use at the appropriate teen and below level without verification.
Any other non problems to solve?
Re: (Score:1)
> Also no way am I letting my kids scan their faces or upload IP to random companies just to use their services.
No face? No problem, Discord will treat you like a teenager and keep you from seeing material they deem inappropriate for teens.
My church youth group is moving off Discord... (Score:2)
For the last couple years, the male subset of my children's church youth group used Discord for coordinating activities, and I learned about my daughter's activity plans via email. As of last month, both subsets are moving to WhatsApp. I'm not sure if this particular change is "too little, too late" to have kept them, or if indeed it drives some of the youth and their parents away faster.
A tradeoff I'd accept (Score:2)
Here's tradeoff I would accept, although may would understandably find it unacceptable:
I pay a notary public the usual fee - way under $10 where I live - to sign a statement saying that Discord user [my username] was born on or before a specified date [18 years ago, 21 years ago, whatever].
Yes, the notary will have records that are accessible by court order, but it's unlikely that those records will be online/hackable.
Discord won't have anything more than the notary's name and licensing information.
Re: (Score:2)
My financial institution, a credit unit, does notary services for free. Just sayin ;) Something worth looking into!
In a fantasy world... (Score:2)
...this kind of scheme would work
There are so many workarounds for those who refuse to comply
There are so many potential bugs and failure modes for those who try to follow the procedure and get rejected
Too bad (Score:2)
As if i needed another reason not to join Discord.
Why do they do this (Score:2)
When there is no legal requirement to do so?
Re: Why do they do this (Score:2)
to have better targeted ads
"Why do people wash their asses..." (Score:3)
...when there is no legal requirement to do so?"
- You, probably.
Re: (Score:3)
To mitigate tort liability and preserve financial partnerships.
^-- This (Score:1)
Reducing legal exposure and looking good for their business partners.
Once they went corporate, it was only a matter of time.
Re: (Score:2)
Because they want to collect all your ID data.
Re: (Score:1)
They want to collect your personally identifying data so they can share it with governments looking to clamp down on dissenters. That is, Discord is a willing participant in implementing turn key authoritarianism.