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.
It is not disabled yet, but they will be resticting age gated channels by the end of the month to anyone who hasn’t provided them with a copy of their ID
Worth noting that Discord had a pretty bad data leak a few months back, where it turned out the ID verification company they hired was not deleting the IDs after they were checked
Edit: I’m not completely against the idea of age checks for adult content, but it needs to be implemented in a transpatent manner, and the verification should be non-traceable.
“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?
What features did they exactly disable for unverified accounts?
It is not disabled yet, but they will be resticting age gated channels by the end of the month to anyone who hasn’t provided them with a copy of their ID
Worth noting that Discord had a pretty bad data leak a few months back, where it turned out the ID verification company they hired was not deleting the IDs after they were checked
Edit: I’m not completely against the idea of age checks for adult content, but it needs to be implemented in a transpatent manner, and the verification should be non-traceable.
The EU appears to be working on a pretty solid solution as part of their digital wallet.
But that is not what Discord is using.
Edit 2: Added some relevant links
You are treated as a child, literally, so no nsfw stuff. I think no advertisements as well.
No advertisements seems like a bonus to me
“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?