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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-bringing-back-age-verification-for-millions-of-users
Replying to @Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world
Google Wallet users can share a passport ID pass; Google sends Discord a birthdate, and Discord derives age from it without retaining that date.
… if google wallet is determining it anyway, why can’t google wallet just reply yes or no to the “is over 17” query… it seems like discord wouldn’t need to know exact age at all in that flow.
Replying to @Pika@sh.itjust.works
In sane countries the government has a neutral service, backed by laws securing anonymity of verification, for this kind of shit. Only in commercial, dystopian, kleptocracies does it seem reasonable to have a company doing this.
Replying to @sunbeam60@feddit.uk
While that is nice. Here in the kelptocracy not having a federal ID system is intentional and it has really slowed down the Nazis.