Discord has quietly begun testing Incode as a new age verification provider, replacing its previous vendor for some users. The company says face scans are processed on-device where possible, IDs and selfies are deleted after age confirmation, and Discord only receives an age result, not your identity. But the move still raises important privacy questions around biometric verification, third-party trust, and the growing trend of mandatory age checks online, especially after the massive Persona breach linked to Discord user data back in 2025

  • aurelar@lemmy.ml
    35·
    1 month ago

    They said that the pictures were deleted last time, and we found out later that they weren’t. Why would we trust them a second time when they violated our trust the first time?

  • sudoer777@lemmy.mlEnglish
    331·
    1 month ago

    I wish more FOSS communities would use Matrix, Discord sucks so I barely use it anymore

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      Fluxer just finally finished their big refactor that brought their code to GitHub for public contribution and they released their revamped selfhosting experience

    • Manalith@midwest.social
      21·
      1 month ago

      Been working on deciding where to move to, not sure if I can get my people to come with but as it stands

      Fluxer - E2EE is iffy at the moment from what I’ve seen, federation not yet a thing

      Matrix - I don’t know of a client that allows audio screenshares which is important when sites keep removing the watchparty features

      MOVIM is entirely text based as far as I can tell

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        MOVIM is entirely text based as far as I can tell

        What are you talking about? One of its main features is multi-stream video calls, which most other XMPP clients don’t handle

      • spiderhamster@midwest.social
        1·
        1 month ago

        Matrix - I don’t know of a client that allows audio screenshares which is important when sites keep removing the watchparty features

        If you use Element web with a chrome-based browser you can share a tab playing a video from the same browser. I use Helium to connect to matrix and my Jellyfin server to stream movies regularly. Within the last few months they’ve added the ability to adjust stream volume as well.

  • manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 month ago

    I know there are groups local to me who organise almost entirely on discord, I cannot understand why they choose to do this, even before everything discord has proven to be a very insecure platform

  • airikr@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    How can Discord users be 100% sure that Discord will delete their very private data after being verified? Where is the source code for that so we can verify it?

    Oh. Wait. Discord is closed sourced…

  • NGC2346@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    1 month ago

    As much as i hate this, CSAM sharing accounts are a real problem, and they keep making more and more.

    I wonder what else could be used to counter this ? Device IMEI auth? Im sure we can come up with better than ID verification, which will ultimately make me leave the platform, not because i have something to hide, but because the precedent it sets is dangerous and WILL lead to leaks and breaches.

    • Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      211·
      1 month ago

      Offer a paid option to purchase a card at a store that to be activated needs you to show your ID to a clerk just like purchasing alcohol. Nothing is stored. You take the card home and input the activated code into you account.