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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 week ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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.

Shrug

I'm not using discord for porn, so I'm not going to lose sleep. Will simply live with a "teen" account until my groups migrate to a better service.

But you'll get my biometrics from my cold dead hands.

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.

GOOD

Crazy they didn't implement this years ago. Discord is bloated with fake user spam.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So I get a free spam filter for not verifying? Guess I'm never verifying then, lol.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

My initial thought too. Good. At least until they catch on and make some excuse for needing "teens" IDs too.

[–] ttyybb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That last part should just be a feature of any account.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

GOOD

Crazy they didn’t implement this years ago. Discord is bloated with fake user spam.

it's easy to see how they'll manipulate this to make you think that their pro-zionist bots are actual people.

[–] anas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The last point is already implemented, and as someone who regularly has to get DMs from strangers, I have those options off. I guess now I can’t do that.