cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
I am going to bet noone in their team wants to do that, they are most likely pressured into it legally.
I hope they find a way to fight this
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
I am going to bet noone in their team wants to do that, they are most likely pressured into it legally.
I hope they find a way to fight this
Jobe@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
The thing is they aren’t (yet). It looks like the EU might be thinking about introducing some sort of requirement for age verification, but it’s nowhere near decided enough for Discord to demand it globally. There are also methods of age verification that are much better and more secure than what they will use, like the German AusweisApp.
bekopharm@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
The eID can do this EU wide already but it’s usage is regulated and that’s not something a company wants to accept. The EU Digital Identity Wallet would hit the spot even more, since it’s very privacy friendly: ec.europa.eu/…/The+Age+Verification+Manual
That’s still in testing though and even less in the interest of a company that wants to extract as much user data as possible.
ell1e@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
Sorry if I misread your post, but hopefully this comment of mine is relevant:
In my humble opinion, the digital wallet is horrible, because as far as I can tell 1. it requires Google device attestation so all custom ROMs are out and to be a citizen you can apparently no longer own your device, 2. unless you use iOS or Android you’re apparently not a citizen, 3. once everyone is used to using some citizen app like that, I feel like a fascist government could easily tie it to a social score or other authoritarian measures bewyond the age verification. 4. There is a privacy friendly alternative approach for age verification anyway, that most governments seem to conveniently be ignoring: politico.com/…/california-law-online-age-checks-0…
Also see here on the EU apaprently trying to make this mandatory: leminal.space/post/31858818/21120139
bekopharm@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Not exactly sure what you mean by this. I know for a fact that AusweisApp2 works fine on e.g. Linux and there is this: www.ausweisapp.bund.de/open-source-software
Of course a close eye must be kept on this but ffs this is miles better compared to the usual practise of copying ID documents in shops or using the PostIdent system and beats any 3rd fishy party provider - and that includes device manufacturers.
Same for the upcoming Wallet asking for open and established standards.