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Discord walks back age verification fears for most users (www.techbuzz.ai)
submitted 2 months ago by ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Too late assholes... I'm already deleting most of the posts I made on my discord and I will be migrating elsewhere soon.

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yep to late deleted all my servers and Discord yesterday so no going back.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Keep looking for alternatives.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago

TOO LATE... I deleted my account. fk them.

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

wreaks of “fuck you got mine”… so an invasive AI scan has scanned your content and deemed you 18+… gross… but at least you don’t have to upload ID (to a company that literally just had a major breach of their ID data)

but

now a new user joins. they don’t have that history of interaction, so what are they meant to do? either upload ID or not be part of their community

[-] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

My best guess is new accounts will be autolocked to 'teen mode' and you will have to upload ID if you want to unlock it

I was working as a support agent on Epic Games when they decided to limit everyone underage on certain functions on Fortnite. They now ask for your birthday when you open the game and if you are underage (the age varies by country) it will lock your account until you can prove you are an adult (using a 3rd party service)

[-] rogsson@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Too late. The dust has already settled. 

[-] BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They aren't walking back anything. They just repeated their claim, that "most people won't even have to give their IDs, because our AI will read all your messages and decide if you're 18"

[-] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

because our AI will read all your messages and decide if you're 18

What the fuck that's even worse

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
  1. They're instead scanning your data using AI... Not exactly an improvement.
  2. Shitty AI article.
[-] zewm@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Sorry but I’m not clicking a link ending in .ai

I’ll wait for another source.

[-] nkk@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

Archive link for the article: https://archive.ph/JN2sD

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I’m good bro.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

You would rather read an ad filled article than read the Archive version of it...?

[-] zewm@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I rather not read it at all if it comprises my security.

[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

It’s an archive site, what form fields would you be POSTing?

[-] nkk@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

It looks like you're using a DNS server that archive.ph sabotages (1.1.1.1, 9.9.9.9, etc.) not that the website is unsafe. Also, if you're that concerned about your privacy I recommend using a VPN such as Mullvad (and their DNS server isn't sabotaged by archive.ph!)

[-] zewm@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Could this be it? I forgot I have the dns with a filter list to try block ads and trackers at the dns level.

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