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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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I'm not using discord for porn, so I'm not going to lose sleep. Will simply live with a "teen" account until my groups migrate to a better service.
But you'll get my biometrics from my cold dead hands.
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Crazy they didn't implement this years ago. Discord is bloated with fake user spam.
So I get a free spam filter for not verifying? Guess I'm never verifying then, lol.
My initial thought too. Good. At least until they catch on and make some excuse for needing "teens" IDs too.
That last part should just be a feature of any account.
The last point is already implemented, and as someone who regularly has to get DMs from strangers, I have those options off. I guess now I can’t do that.
it's easy to see how they'll manipulate this to make you think that their pro-zionist bots are actual people.