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Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

www.bbc.com

Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago
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The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.
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    22 days ago

    good luck trying to get family and friends on that lol

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      22 days ago

      My mother and sister is on my homeserver.

      Also my SO.

      And my every friend.

      And we use Jitsi for calls during gaming or whatnot.

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        22 days ago

        jitsi, interesting…

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      Oh, i ditch family and friends who dont respect my personal data. Though its signal primary for me

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        yeah, I get it. I told people one year for my bday to download the app for me to get most of my circle on it. most did haha

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      Discord is not really intended for “friends and families”, it’s for communities.

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        It’s not really for communities either, it’s for locking communities into a corporate platform.

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          …so it’s not for communities, it’s for communities…?

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            It’s not for the communities, it’s for the shareholders-to-come.

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              Who are the shareholders going to exploit then?

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                Employees and customers, just like every corporation ever.

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                  “customers” meaning the communities?

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                    Where else do you imagine dividends come from?

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          thats why right wingers love FB as well and over reddit, to. that way they can delete comments control things without having the discord admins hovering over them.

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      All it took for me is discord going down for a couple hours a couple of weeks ago. Now about half my friends went to it. All it will take is a small push or down time and they will need their fix somehow lol.

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