Discord slammed over age verification face scan controversy
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Discord users are unhappy with the platform's decision to roll out age verification requirements for adult user accounts starting in March.

Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default “teen-appropriate” experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.

    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I don’t think that Valve has that game plan, as they have proven again and again for about 20 years now. Having no shareholders really keeps them grounded. But you’re right, a completely FOSS solution that is easy to use would be preferable - but in the short term Steam communities might get an upswing.

        • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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          9 days ago

          Yeah, i DO like valve, because they are as good as it can get for a company in the tech sector. But my comment was more from a “we need a replacement now”-perspective, where Steam is a top contender for sure (and the content there is actually discoverable which gives an out).

          Hopefully the scare and the issue of getting out content of discord makes sure that there is a solution ready for the next time the shit hits the fan.

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      My game plan here is that I’m moving everyone I can to Stoat. It’s not likely to go the corpo route any time soon. From there I plan on figuring out a matrix server and streamlining the process for my less dedicated friends the same way I did jellyfin.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 days ago

      … Steam is basically a family owned business it’s literally the exact example of what a perfectly acceptable large business is.

      And fuck I ain’t here cause I know something wrong. The fuck you get that idea from. I’m here because reddit doesn’t have a good app that’s literally it. I would happily go back to reddit if i could have my old app back.

      Lemmy has fuck all for communities, basically no users, and the majority of it is just regurgitated from reddit anyways. I could give less of a rats ass about the whole open source thing. It’s neat and all from a novelty perspective.

      But frankly the hard on for open source this self hosted that is a massive nothing burger. Closed or open sources. What ever is the easier and more convenient option wins full stop.

      Lemmy won cause the apps were more convenient.