Ironic that this comes at a time when AI-generated pictures are getting better and better.
Personally, I will never use Discord and they just gave me another reason not to.
Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
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#22Age verification should be made on OS or firmware level when buying a device. And not by sending your passport scan to random companies with dubious data collection practices. A law must mandate that an "adult" version of OS (or device) may be sold only to adult users. It is not difficult for Microsoft/Apple to implement this yet they do not want to for some reason. This would allow more reliable age verification, wi…
Denmark does it by sending you to a government-owned website, which then uses two factor authentication and responds back verifying one’s identity. I don’t understand why other countries can’t do the same.
The Netherlands has this system but it is ripe for abuse. We still have a few Christ clowns and there's a big fascist party at the moment.
How about we don't make lists of people visiting porn sites? How about we accept that children are part of society and not try to put them in little cages like songbirds?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Denmark does it by sending you to a government-owned website, which then uses two factor authentication and responds back verifying one’s identity. I don’t understand why other countries can’t do the same.
The Netherlands has this system but it is ripe for abuse. We still have a few Christ clowns and there's a big fascist party at the moment. How about we don't make lists of people visiting porn sites? How about we accept that children are part of society and not try to put them in little cages like songbirds?
Tangential discussion, one thing I like a lot about the Netherlands is that it's not common to flaunt wealth, at least not as much as in some other countries. For all their other flaws, isn't this something that comes from the protestants? Or is there a different historical background here?
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#24Ironic that this comes at a time when AI-generated pictures are getting better and better. Personally, I will never use Discord and they just gave me another reason not to.
Maybe I'm old. Well, no, I am relatively old.
Either way, when I see a person or business advertise a Discord link, I immediately think of either as immature.
I miss the days of forums, and wish something like them could thrive again instead of rather private, but importantly ephemeral chats.
Re: Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
#25Age verification should be made on OS or firmware level when buying a device. And not by sending your passport scan to random companies with dubious data collection practices. A law must mandate that an "adult" version of OS (or device) may be sold only to adult users. It is not difficult for Microsoft/Apple to implement this yet they do not want to for some reason. This would allow more reliable age verification, wi…
Oh god no. We need to absolutely stop making OSs more restrictive than they already are. There are better solutions.
Re: Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters
#26Age verification should be made on OS or firmware level when buying a device. And not by sending your passport scan to random companies with dubious data collection practices. A law must mandate that an "adult" version of OS (or device) may be sold only to adult users. It is not difficult for Microsoft/Apple to implement this yet they do not want to for some reason. This would allow more reliable age verification, wi…
I can tell how this would be implemented. Microsoft rolls their own awkward standard nobody asked for. Other major companies try to use a somewhat common standard. The Industrie enforces new rules and suddenly it costs $150000 and has awkward requirements to get your OS certified adult. For the years to come only the most recent windows versions and customer devices like phones will work. No Linux will pay to get a s…
Listen to that guy!
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#28Ironic that this comes at a time when AI-generated pictures are getting better and better. Personally, I will never use Discord and they just gave me another reason not to.
Maybe I'm old. Well, no, I am relatively old. Either way, when I see a person or business advertise a Discord link, I immediately think of either as immature. I miss the days of forums, and wish something like them could thrive again instead of rather private, but importantly ephemeral chats.
its seems even more self defeating when its a FOSS project whose only way to connect with the community is a Discord space.
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#29I think the way discords setup works is reasonable. It’s an on-device model that only submits the outcome of the scan to the platform. I hope they just improve that performance, rather than see this and back out of it entirely and require ID checks.
Could you point to the source of the on-device model? Moreso for curiosity.
No, but I can tell you that the moment you open the browser console, it stops scanning and marks the scan as failed.
The vendor is https://www.k-id.com in Discord's case
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#30Several articles say that Ofcom has said platforms must not host, share, or permit content encouraging the use of VPNs to bypass age checks, adding that parents should be aware of how VPNs can be used to bypass the Act.