I don't trust any government clerk with my personal data, let alone Discord. What a joke.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
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#952I have mentioned this before, but age verification can be solved by hash chains. They can prove age without compromising privacy. It is crazy that the solutions Discord goes for are IDs and selfies. It definitely gives the impression that there are shady ulterior motives. Hash chains are simple. If they were adopted, Discord would clearly be in bad faith taking the steps that they do now. If you search you will find…
Well your solution includes handwritten signatures and everyone being a handwriting expert so that they compare handwritten signatures. I wouldn't call this an elegant solution.
That is what the example uses. In the real world that would be a digital signature. Look under the heading "Fitting the parts together" to see what the real world solution could be like.
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#953I think I’ll pass on a chat room face scan. Wow.
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#954I understand the frustration towards Discord, especially because this is a global rollout of a policy they're only required to enforce in specific countries, but it's IMO misdirected. They're likely trying to get ahead of the legislation. The way the winds are blowing indicates the Western governments that haven't already passed legislation mandating ID verification soon will. You can move to $ALT_PLATFORM but unless…
> They're likely trying to get ahead of the legislation. The way the winds are blowing indicates the Western governments that haven't already passed legislation mandating ID verification soon will.
Isn’t that the first rule from On Tyranny? “Do not obey in advance"
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#955It should go without saying but, *CANCEL YOUR NITRO SUBSCRIPTION NOW IF YOU'RE PAYING FOR ONE* (for whatever reason) This was just announced today and a flood of canceled payments within the next 24 hours are the easiest way to send a message. And also tell people on the servers you're on to do the same. It's not like they give you anything of real value for that money.
Just did.
And the community im interacting with is looking into self-hosted options.
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#956Amazing how this coordinated attack on internet privacy has been so effective, the amount of people in my country who see this as an attack on "Big Tech" or even "The Tech Bros" is astonishing. I do not even know what one can do about people who are so unaware of what behooves them especially given the recent coverage of Epstein and just how prevalent all sorts of blackmail is and how useful this would be for gather kompromat not just by their government intelligence agencies but also foreign intelligence agencies and even just scammers come blackmailer.
not to mention the recent prevalence of so called sextortion on teenagers.
disturbing stuff, hope the kibosh gets put on all these policies and their is a public push-back, but that is really seeming like a fantasy.
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#957Maybe this time finally a lot of communities will realize that discord sucks as a Archive, Forum, FAQ or news channel.
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#958lot of people complaining, but, seems like they rolled it out already in UK and Australia... no real complaints I know of, and I'm in NZ and are on NZ/Aussie discords. Also teen mode doesn't actually seem that restrictive. Seems an ok move to me. But for whatever reason people seem to froth at the mouth when it comes to discord on here.
Uk, Effective from July 25, 2025, regulated platforms must use "highly effective" methods, such as facial age estimation, credit card checks, or ID verification to prevent children from accessing harmful material, with potential fines or bans for non-compliance. (extents to any platform with user uploaded content)
Australia, as of 10 December 2025 Australia requires social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent users under 16 from accessing accounts.
No wonder there where "no real complaints" those countries are already under heavy age verification law.
> Also teen mode doesn't actually seem that restrictive.
Doesn't mean it can't get more restrictive in a few months. Ease people into it would actually be the smart move since there will be less complaints.
> But for whatever reason people seem to froth at the mouth when it comes to discord on here.
Because Discord has not handled their data well in recent memory (actually ever).
Also it is a global rollout not mandated by the countries law. This indicates that it is a business decisions and therefore probably they stand to gain from it financially.
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#959Is this legal in the EU?
Should be yes, however the data (if any) gained is considered "personal data" and should be handled conform GDPR legislation.
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#960So my friend group has been looking for alternatives for a while now that feel like discord, works on mobile and desktop, and has voice chat. I use Signal but the UI is very different from Discord. I've had very mixed experiences with Element + Matrix, Element keeps crashing on mobile, and while voice chat kinda exists in Element it's not been great imho. I looked into hosting Rocket.chat, Zullip, and Mattermost but…
have you looked at mumble or teamspeak, seems they where the default for a bit before discord. Atleast for gaming.