'I cannot trust tech companies with that kind of personal data': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks – and they have a point
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Discord has announced that it's rolling out age verification checks globally from March – and the decision has sparked fury from many privacy-conscious users.
  • BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com
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    5 months ago

    Please, pretty please, be the spark that will stop OSS projects from hosting their “support forums” on Discord.

    • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.deEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I wish it was only limited to support forums. I’ve even seen a Linux kernel driver where the Issues sections was closed and you should go to Discord instead. No thanks.

      • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        It’s horrible. We already had that stuff figured out. Wiki pages and forums to make information accessible even after 20 minutes have passed. Fuck that development and everyone that was/is pushing for that.

    • tyler@programming.devEnglish
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      5 months ago

      You are treated as a child, literally, so no nsfw stuff. I think no advertisements as well.

        • Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          5 months ago

          “Give us personal data or we won’t be able to monetise every waking moment of your life” seems like a real silver lining. I wonder if they then can’t legally do certain marketing things because the user isn’t age verified?