@ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
Post #271442
2026-02-11 19:48 UTC
Replies (40)
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@SuiXi3D@fedia.io 2026-02-11 20:50
Already canceled Nitro. They done fucked up.
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@kinkles@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-11 20:15
This is misleading. Discord is not reversing course. It was in their original announcement that they would try to automatically determine everyone’s age and “most” people won’t need to do any sort of verification. A lot of people and journalists didn’t read that far apparently.
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@KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 21:02
They didn't walk back shit, they upped the stakes by saying they use your chats to analyse your age. That's just as bad.
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@infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2026-02-12 01:40
Decentralize and federate or die.
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@thesmokingman@programming.dev 2026-02-11 23:46
If Discord cared about this, they’d use the same identity platforms governments use. For example, in the US, id.me is a requirement for many federal services. While it does deanonymize me and there are privacy concerns expanding this tech beyond government services, I trust id.me to take my data security seriously. It has to have federal security requirements. If their data is breached, there will be repercussions and reparations. Discord, on the other hand, uses random vendors. There were no repercussions or reparations for the previous leak. Discord said moving forward they’d require SOC2 Type II or ISO 27001 for vendors. Crucially, neither of these certifications matter a fucking iota for personally identifiable information and Discord itself will not be completely them so even if the vendors _were_ PII secure Discord will not hold itself to the same standards. Discord does not care about its users; Discord only cares about the ad revenue this will open up.
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@garretble@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 19:25
They still have the AI shit that looks at your posts to try and determine if you are an adult. Fuck that.
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@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2026-02-11 20:26
"For most users" the whole point here is to gradually get people used to having to show their papers to access the internet. We must accept nothing less than a total reversal here. Give them an inch each day and eventually they'll have their mile.
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@echodot@feddit.uk 2026-02-12 06:21
Does Discord even have an community relations department, because they suck. Seriously what a stupid decision to just announce age verification and then provide no additional details or context. This ~~clarification~~ pathetic attempt at backpedalling, isn't much better either, they've still provided essentially no information on exactly what the process is going to be, and exactly how it is going to work. I also do not like the fact that they're basically just giving up on any attempts to implement this themselves, and are going with third party solutions. We all know that "third party solutions" means the lowest bidder, so this will be implemented poorly with no operational security, and *absolutely* will result in a data breach. I created my account at least 15 years ago so if they require age verification from me they're idiots.
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2026-02-12 14:27
> The company's deploying AI-powered inference to estimate user ages based on behavioral patterns, account history, and other signals already in its systems. Only when that automated prediction fails or flags uncertainty will users face requests for manual verification through ID uploads or facial scanning. Oh, so it's even easier to game it and pretend to be "an adult". Simply avoid any minecraft and roblox communities to be an instant adult. > Discord didn't specify exactly what percentage constitutes a "vast majority," nor did it detail which signals feed into its age prediction models. That lack of transparency could become its own issue as regulators increasingly scrutinize how platforms handle youth safety versus privacy rights. Big brother is watching you masturbate, *for your own good*, of course. > For the subset of users who do get flagged for manual verification, Discord says it's partnering with third-party services that specialize in age verification tech. These vendors typically process ID documents or facial scans without permanently storing biometric data, though implementation details remain vague. It's not permanent storage if they delete *after* safely selling to interested buys! > As lawmakers ramp up age verification requirements globally, expect more platforms to walk this tightrope between compliance and community trust. I wonder if this is what might actually push more people into "host your own shit" that's easy to shut down and migrate as needed.
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@rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-02-12 20:19
DIscord: GUYs! You'll NEVER BELIEVE THIS!!! Instead of invasively reading out every one of your personal identifications and selling the data on your likes/dislikes, we can ACTUALLY just use an AI to tell if you're a child by how your interact with people!!! Us: Maybe you could have the AI just stop the stalkers. Discord: 
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@plz1@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 23:19
Deleting posts is just setting visibility to 0. They still exist, and you should assume they exist forever.
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@zewm@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 20:13
Sorry but I’m not clicking a link ending in .ai I’ll wait for another source.
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@Furbag@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 23:06
So they haven't walked anything back, they're just adding in a motherfucking clanker as a middleman. What could go wrong? Big corporations have absolutely laid waste to the internet. There's nothing left unspoiled at this point.
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@fossilesque@mander.xyz 2026-02-12 11:43
I don't believe them lol.
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@super_user_do@feddit.it 2026-02-13 03:32
Bro it might even be worse because they gotta watch your every move to implement this shit. I'm moving to fluxer.app
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@eronth@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 13:16
?? You don't get to walk back my fears. You can walk back the source, but you don't get to say "nevermind, you're not worried about this".
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@gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-02-12 13:52
They haven't though. They've just restated the exact same thing but then added on hollow empty promises of "this time we'll be better, I swear!"
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@bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2026-02-13 14:29
Until they walk back the walkback.
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@nullroot@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 01:12
Oh look, so they're saying they're already training ai on all the data they have on us? Yeah I feel my privacy being so respected.
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@Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 06:31
I left as soon as I saw something asking for age verification in the client.
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@BennyTheExplorer@lemmy.world 2026-02-13 19:07
They aren't walking back anything. They just repeated their claim, that "most people won't even have to give their IDs, because our AI will read all your messages and decide if you're 18"
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@Suavevillain@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 19:34
The cat has been let out of the bag. I'm still moving somewhere else once I figured out where with friends.
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@serpineslair@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 21:28
1. They're instead scanning your data using AI... Not exactly an improvement. 2. Shitty AI article.
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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-02-13 04:07
hold up. so y'all took the two hottest takes in online culture *right now* and decided to do **both** of them? what the actual fuck is wrong with people these days. it's almost like everyone in silicon valley is fucking **delusional**. > so we're going to invade your right to privacy and scan your identity then sell it to 3rd parties. oh, that's not acceptable? well I guess we could have AI profile you and then we still sell your identity to 3rd parties. fuck me you say? shockedpikachu.jpg
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@WiseFirefighter7299@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-12 17:20
migrate to matrix.
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@ThereIsNoEscape@leminal.space 2026-02-12 13:45
I'll be honest, The UK introduced these age verification and ID issues and many places were forced to follow suit. Discord being one of them and I'm sure at somepoint it did pop up but I've never signed up for it and I've continued to use the software without issue. My Xbox demands to see my ID so I cancelled my Subscription. If discord starts demanding it I'll be moving back to Teamspeak or Mumble.
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@TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 04:27
Yep. Too late, i fucking deleted that shit without hesitation or regret.
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@hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 2026-02-13 14:53
Never really used discord in the first place. I tried to join a few support threads for random gizmos that had no forums but realized that its a terrible place for support compared to forums. The whole UI was just chaotic to me as well.
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@Tattorack@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 01:01
Yeah, so, "most users" won't have to post video selfies or their ID, but you'll still have to accept active spyware feeding information to an AI model that checks all your activity. This is still equally as bad.
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@Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 21:43
Yep to late deleted all my servers and Discord yesterday so no going back.
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@FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2026-02-12 13:59
I discordially invited my account to go and delete itself.
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@Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 20:53
Keep looking for alternatives.
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@JackbyDev@programming.dev 2026-02-12 08:26
I guess I need to talk about my 401k at least once before March or something.
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@YewEyeOwe31@lemmings.world 2026-02-11 22:04
“Platform will use AI-powered age prediction based on existing user data instead of universal biometric verification” So is this supposed to make us feel better?
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@ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 05:54
Too late, already uninstalled like a week ago.
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@vortexal@sopuli.xyz 2026-02-12 22:48
Not enough for me, I deleted my Discord account yesterday and what they're saying isn't enough to get me to cancel the deletion. I already hate using Discord enough as is, I don't want this Nazi bullshit to ruin it even more.
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@rogsson@piefed.social 2026-02-11 22:57
Too late. The dust has already settled.
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@drathir@mastodon.social 2026-02-11 20:03
[@ArmchairAce1944](https://discuss.online/u/ArmchairAce1944) yea ai prediction defence why not abandon idiotic ideas at all ? hope ppl wouldnt follow that carrot and learn on intentions not damage-control coverup actions... same was with forcing phone numbers them want and will siphon/harvest user personal data anyway...
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@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 2026-02-11 20:31
Not to mention, even if it proves satisfactory to the existing userbase, any *new* users will start with no history to draw inferences from, wouldn't that tend to imply that any existing users unaffected are essentially "grandfathered in", but with the same privacy concerns for everyone else in the long run?
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@Pika@sh.itjust.works 2026-02-11 21:47
they have already done this for at least the last year or so easily. I noticed it when I requested by data package last year, theres a clear area on it that infers both your gender and your age in it. They are just acting like this is a "new system" but in reality its a system that have had for awhile now, just didn't have any public facing usage of it. For anyone else that wants to see it themselves, and they have a discord takeout. ~~its located at the very bottom~~ in the events file in activity/analytics. ~~the end of~~ the file shows json objects that indicate what your predicted age and gender is. edit: I found this file isn't a static location, it is still in the activity/analytics directory in one of your event files, but you need to search "age" or "gender" to find it if it isn't at the bottom