Submitted 4 days ago by irreticent@lemmy.zip to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJhU-iVCYaM
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33458148
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33458015
If I am required to do this, I am purging my Discord account immediately. I am not giving them face scans.
Why? This cannot possibly have any legal weight. Some adults look young. Some kids look old. The very idea is broken from the outset.
I can’t tell if this is incompetence or malice.
I guess someone had that idea, sold it and then contracted some poor guy to implement it, even if it is bullshit and does not work
The only difference I see between this and the only other non-official way of verifying age on Discord is that Discord itself will have your face and not just the mod team of the room you’re joining.
I wasn’t gonna send a picture of my ID to some rando; I sure as fuck won’t give it to a corporate entity.
Just in case anyone reading this gets the impression that direct messages sent on Discord are private from Discord itself, they aren’t. If you were to send your face to a mod, or send anything to anyone there, then Discord would have it, too.
To be fair to Discord, it has to work that way. They serve the files to you anywhere in the world on any device you use, don’t they? That requires hosting the content.
But it could very well be used for other purposes, too, of course.
Gross
But I don’t want to give discord my face. I need that
I’d be pretty surprised if this wasn’t a lie to get attention
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 days ago
I prefer websites and services who just ask if I’m older than 18.
Gork@lemm.ee 4 days ago
When 01/01/1900 no longer becomes an option I’ll need to resort to my standby of 01/01/1970.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 days ago
I, too, like sites that have things like videos for adults.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 days ago
Probably just a coincidence. Most likely maybe.