monetize your biometric data with the data you create and consume on their platform.
And so governments like our current administration can track us down.
Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 4 days agoNo. That is an issue for all online social spaces to contend with. It wont be solved by blocking mature content servers/channels.
“Won’t someone please think of the children” is the pablum that you will accept so they can monetize your biometric data with the data you create and consume on their platform.
You really think they give a shit about kids safety?
tonytins@pawb.social 4 days ago
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Of course they give a shit about kids safety. Specifically because of media blowback and legal ramifications, not for the sake of the actual kids of course, but still!
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah I hear you. I just dont think the pressure is actually building on them for that rn.
People’s attention is on higher profile issues in that arena and it looks like those cases will go on and on without resolution.
Imma call it a 100% smokescreen for Discord, but absolutely you know the only possible reason they might ever care to do anything to deal with the problem (which this new measure does not)