Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos

adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Kirp123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  UK ones too.

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  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Just the UK, as far as I’m aware. Some US users have to verify by clicking the box, but I do not believe they’ve been required to upload ID or use the UK’s facial recognition nonsense.

    From the discord age verification FAQ:

    The age verification features described in this article are fully available only to users in the United Kingdom and apply to all new and existing UK accounts.

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    • Kirp123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So I guess it was only UK ones. For some reason I thought they were asking pictures in the US too.

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      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You might be confusing it with how several states have attempted to implement identity verification for access to porn sites (which has so far avoided a similar scandal to this one by virtue of rampant, contemptuous noncompliance on the part of the porn sites)

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• x00z@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Besides some countries, people that had their account flagged as possible underage also need to verify themselves.

  I know a French guy that joked about being 12 in a chat, got reported by a troll that got his account locked, and had to send his ID to unlock it.

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