Let's protect the children by scanning everyone's face and ID and uploading them to a server that'll get hacked five years from now.

For ID scans, Discord says that documents “are deleted quickly.”

Just a few months ago they had a data leak which proved that they were indeed /not/ deleting documents and ID's like they had been claiming.

Granted in that case it was mostly countries that force keeping that data but, I'm sick of companies lying and saying "lol yea we defo delete the data after"

Well, looks like I'm leaving discord.

I'm actually pretty happy that Discord is killing itself. Far too many people use it as an official platform for stuff like help forums.

Maybe lets go back to basic message boards that are actually searchable, etc.

I would barely be okay with a bank or government website asking for this information, I sure as shit would not give it to a fucking chat app.

If the pushback on social media doesn't get Discord to drop these plans, then I'll just have to delete the app.

Not caving to another app asking for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) only for this same data to be leaked months to years later.

Society will do everything to protect children aside from making better parents.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they got a massive leak for gov IDs last year? And they still pushing this bs?! Hello?

I'll gladly scan a face. I just happen to look exactly like Gale Dekarios

My discord account is about 10 years old. Do they assume I created it as a 6 year old? Account age alone should be enough to verify I'm an adult with reasonable certainty.

Additionally, Discord will implement its age inference model, a new system that runs in the background to help determine whether an account belongs to an adult

from the official release.

I hope there is a mass exodus from discord!

Yeah, no. Companies don't get to scan my face or ID. You know they are selling your data.

Wow I guess I get to finally dump Discord as my last proprietary chat app.

There are lots of self hosted alternatives like Mattermost, Mumble, and Matrix (decentralized).

There's also the new Freenet River demo: https://freenet.org/quickstart/

Maybe I'll make my own discord clone lol.

This is great news! Discord shooting itself in the foot is a net positive for the whole world.

I'll scan my ass.

Hope this will mass exodus into Matrix, like it happened with Twitter / X.

The general comment and title is simply untrue. They will require verification in cases of known adult or censored content, and in NSFW channels and servers. "Regular" content and spaces are untouched.

That said, I give it 6-10 months before it's required for all users regardless of content access.

Stoat it is lol (https://stoat.chat/)

Whatever you do - don't use telegram.

Discord was always an overhyped crap.

I deleted my account after reading the article they officially released...Chat apps won't get my phone number or ID, they get hacked and compromised too frequently for me to trust it. It's total bullshit that they are pushing this shit on the world after trialing it in the UK and Australia. Discord can get fucked, it will suck that I can't follow the development of games that rely on Discord instead of forums or proper fucking documentation sites. Hopefully, more indies will stop relying on Discord (it's a rotten crutch) and go back to utilizing Forums in general!

For those looking for an alternative, try stoat.chat or matrix

Already happened in Australia. I can't access NSFW channels, unless I do a face scan (no thanks).