▲ 213 ▼ ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 year ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (5 children) I don't use Discord very much. Why do they have ID photos? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Age verification. Why? Because some politicians have a boner for control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago The boner is for something else, since they can't stop talking about the "children". permalink fedilink source parent [–] drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago I think is is related to the new age verification systems. Everyone was saying this is a bad idea but governments are basically making it required for some of these services. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago The UK - along with several US states - is enforcing a bunch of age verification bullshit to "protect the children." Not that the tech companies have pushed back on this in the slightest; they love that it let's them collect more data on users. But they couldn't get away with it if it wasn't a legal requirement. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago They bought into the "age verification" scam. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Age verification. Why? Because some politicians have a boner for control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago The boner is for something else, since they can't stop talking about the "children". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago The boner is for something else, since they can't stop talking about the "children". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago I think is is related to the new age verification systems. Everyone was saying this is a bad idea but governments are basically making it required for some of these services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago The UK - along with several US states - is enforcing a bunch of age verification bullshit to "protect the children." Not that the tech companies have pushed back on this in the slightest; they love that it let's them collect more data on users. But they couldn't get away with it if it wasn't a legal requirement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago They bought into the "age verification" scam. permalink fedilink source parent