Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

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• oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh hey, the obvious thing we all knew was going to happen, happened.

  Can’t wait for absolutely nothing to be done to prevent this from happening again, especially as they push to make this mandatory for all users…

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve used it a couple times, what a dumpster fire of an app.

    Walked away years ago and refused to use it since.

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    • Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same. It looks like it was made for one thing, with parts added over time to add functionality. If you were there from the start, using it regularly, it would be fine, but to jump in now…

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  "Nevermind the man behind the curtain folks, because it’s a different man this time around!’

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• danh2os@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I will never give them my ID.

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• Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suppose the next question is where will everyone go? If they wanted to keep kids safe this ain’t it because they’ll go somewhere else anyways. So it’s a lose/lose for everyone.

  Possibly a win for companies if they want to harvest data/sell it.

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  • theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I suppose the next question is where will everyone go?

    time to go back to Xfire, i guess.

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    • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Shit, I forgot avout Xfire. Mumble and Teamspeak are still going too

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    • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Xfire was the shit. Messenging while gaming? Automatic game status set? Absolute mind blowing

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  • AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Uh…anywhere? There are plenty of alternatives that are less bloated and less shitty and faster.

    I honestly don’t even know why people use it.

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    • Malgas@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The only times I’ve ever used Discord are for things that really should have been on a forum, issue tracker, or something like a lemmy community in the first place.

      I hope this causes a return to sanity, but I’m not holding my breath.

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    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ima be honest here. The last messaging service I used was Facebook back in 2012 prior to discord. And prior to Facebook was MSN messenger lol I really just don’t know what’s available. I’ll have to go do some reading

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  • Calfpupa@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    XMPP

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• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So, after reading several sources on this, it sounds like it’s going to be harder to access furry hentai, which one shouldn’t be doing on Discord in the first place.

  That has never been a private space. You want E2EE for anything spicy.

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  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Until this comes for every porn platform

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  • irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t think this can’t happen to you normies. Once the weirdos are dealt with you’re next!

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• tropicflite@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Count me in as one of the people who quits Discord over this. For my use case which is gaming with my friends we may as well just use Telegram for voice chat plus screen sharing.

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• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Haha haha haha haha haha

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uh, didn’t they say the scanning happens locally on your phone?

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In October, hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 Discord users from a third-party service that Discord previously trusted to verify ages in the United Kingdom and Australia.

    Different age check case

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