Discord’s New Age Verification uses AI and Your Face! (www.youtube.com)
from irreticent@lemmy.zip to technology@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 14:47
https://lemmy.zip/post/28110234

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33458148

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33458015

If I am required to do this, I am purging my Discord account immediately. I am not giving them face scans.

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Midnitte@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 14:48 next collapse

Gross

thingsiplay@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 14:57 next collapse

I prefer websites and services who just ask if I’m older than 18.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 16 Dec 15:26 next collapse

I, too, like sites that have things like videos for adults.

thingsiplay@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 16:00 collapse

Probably just a coincidence. Most likely maybe.

Gork@lemm.ee on 16 Dec 15:50 collapse

When 01/01/1900 no longer becomes an option I’ll need to resort to my standby of 01/01/1970.

BlackLaZoR@fedia.io on 16 Dec 18:01 collapse

you can just use 01/01/2000

Albbi@lemmy.ca on 16 Dec 19:36 collapse

Babies aren’t allowed to view adult sites!

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Shit.

BlackLaZoR@fedia.io on 16 Dec 19:41 collapse

We're getting fucking old, aren't we? :)

Albbi@lemmy.ca on 16 Dec 20:06 collapse

I’ll never admit it. I’m still 13 inside.

Boomkop3@reddthat.com on 16 Dec 15:00 next collapse

I’d be pretty surprised if this wasn’t a lie to get attention

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 16 Dec 15:32 next collapse

The only difference I see between this and the only other non-official way of verifying age on Discord is that Discord itself will have your face and not just the mod team of the room you’re joining.

I wasn’t gonna send a picture of my ID to some rando; I sure as fuck won’t give it to a corporate entity.

mox@lemmy.sdf.org on 16 Dec 20:04 collapse

Just in case anyone reading this gets the impression that direct messages sent on Discord are private from Discord itself, they aren’t. If you were to send your face to a mod, or send anything to anyone there, then Discord would have it, too.

blindsight@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 23:43 collapse

To be fair to Discord, it has to work that way. They serve the files to you anywhere in the world on any device you use, don’t they? That requires hosting the content.

But it could very well be used for other purposes, too, of course.

mox@lemmy.sdf.org on 17 Dec 00:39 collapse

No, it doesn’t have to work that way, as we can see by the existence of messaging platforms with end-to-end encryption.

I suspect the person to whom I replied understands this, but their comment could have been misinterpreted as implying that Discord messages are private, so I wanted to clarify.

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 19:45 next collapse

But I don’t want to give discord my face. I need that

GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org on 16 Dec 20:16 collapse

Why? This cannot possibly have any legal weight. Some adults look young. Some kids look old. The very idea is broken from the outset.

I can’t tell if this is incompetence or malice.

B0rax@feddit.org on 17 Dec 10:26 collapse

I guess someone had that idea, sold it and then contracted some poor guy to implement it, even if it is bullshit and does not work