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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by encom »

bramhaag wrote: post #20

What realistic open source alternatives to Discord are there? I'm currently considering moving to one of these with my friend group: - Matrix - Stoat, previously revolt ( https://stoat.chat/ ) - IRC + Mumble - Signal

IRC was here before Discord, and it will still be here after.

I've never heard of Stoat. Looks like IRC but it's Electron. Total waste of time.

Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by Hikikomori »

accrual wrote: post #23

Here's the October 2025 Discord data breach mentioned at the end of the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo > Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack. However, their senior director states in this Verge article: > The ID is immediately deleted. We do not keep any information around like your…

>Why they didn't do that the first time?

The company they hired to do the support tickets archived them, including attachments, rather than deleting them.

Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by superkuh »

ramesh31 wrote: post #81
ahhhhnoooo wrote: post #79

So where we all jumping to?

TeamSpeak and Ventrillo still work great. It was a monumental mistake to switch to these 3rd party services that are bugged by every intelligence apparatus on earth.

I gave up running my TS3 servers (after nearly a decade) because they added a trialware system that required getting approval/serial code from the company every month to continue operating. They were squeezing everyone on TS3 trying to force them to TS4/5/etc. Have they stopped this or walked it back?

And to be clear, Teamspeak from version 5 on is not teamspeak. It's matrix with a skin. Not that that's terrible, but it's not great for running it on low power/cost VPS like actual teamspeak was.

Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by SunshineTheCat »

ahhhhnoooo wrote: post #79

So where we all jumping to?

Someone bring back AOL instant messenger! >:(

Jokes aside, I've played around with Campfire and it's very, very simple, but pretty nice to use and easy to set up: https://once.com/campfire

Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by jedberg »

Oh yay, the company that told me to "just use your wife's phone" when I couldn't verify my own phone number, instead of even trying to fix the problem, now wants a copy of my face?

Pardon me if I don't have a lot of trust in their ability to keep it safe.

Re: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

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Post by ahhhhnoooo »

ramesh31 wrote: post #81
ahhhhnoooo wrote: post #79

So where we all jumping to?

TeamSpeak and Ventrillo still work great. It was a monumental mistake to switch to these 3rd party services that are bugged by every intelligence apparatus on earth.

Those are voice chat, yeah? Discord has chat too, which is used more than voice in many of my communities.
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