The selfie method stands out: on-device processing with no video retained is a meaningful privacy distinction.
Yea I don't buy it
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2026
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Yeah, this just means, if true, it's totally ineffective. It'll be hacked to bypass it if it's all local, which means people wanting to avoid it will.
That quote from the article also sounds like AI wrote that bit.
The whole article was AI written, the headings the "voice" scream AI
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I'm not verifying my old age with any online service. They can go fuck themselves.
My discord account itself is 11 years old now, most of my accounts are, but they still need to age check me. What did I set it up which n I was 4?
Gotta have massive surveillance in a fascist society.
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Good thing Matrix and XMPP exist as alternatives.
If I start getting straight-up locked out of Discord unless I show my face or ID, I'mma just stop using it full stop.
I mean, shit, Discord's already getting ridiculous with their Nitro ads. No, Discord, I don't want Nitro, stop asking me. No needs to start meaning no again.
and Fluxer, it seems the most feature complete
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Yeah, I am only in adult-themed channels. I guess, I'm safe. And if not, those channels will have to move off Discord anyway…
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Ha! Well, I'm glad we moved our gaming community off of it when all this kicked off first time round, knowing full well it wouldn't be the last time they tried this shit. We started entirely self hosting our community to focus on user privacy and haven't looked back since.
If people want a link to join, comment or DM, I don't want this to come across like a sales pitch or shill lol
I'm over 400 years old and if you don't believe me, I still use teamspeak.
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My friends and I are in Matrix with the Sable client since march and we are really happy with it.
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All the bullshit aside.
Why does any account that literally cannot be under 18 need to verify their age? On any service.
If the minimum age to create account + account age is at least 18, they are an adult.
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Moved onto Matrix a while ago because of this. Gonna be real, Discord is better but all Matrix asked me for was hardware verification. I fucking hate this ID verification thing. Like we are going to see a sharp spark in identity theft going forward.
...and shit, I might be part of it. I had to verify with an ID to get my CompTIA tests, which I passed. I am still arguing with Pearson to delete my personal data, but I might be in the shitter with all the others getting their identity stolen.
What Matrix client are you using?
Element.
That is your problem, it's super slow and server management is hard. I am seeing that Sable seems to be popular.
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