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Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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[–] UsoSaito@feddit.uk 1 point 1 week ago

Funny part is everyone was already saying this when Discord mentioned age verification and Discord was acting like their heads were in the sand. It wasn't until mass exodus and people canceling Nitro that they finally did something.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago

Discord: Sorry, we spied and report on you through software from a bad company. Be assured, we will spy and report on you through good company software from now on!

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

A nothingburger apology that follows the same patterns every company does

  1. Introduce outrageous thing

  2. Apologize

  3. delay outrageous thing by a few months and hope people forgot about it, then do it again

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)
[–] Dojan@pawb.social 1 point 1 week ago

Almost like they're run by the same fucks. Huh.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

Peter thiel is everything wrong with the world.

He is a plague, a cancer, a curse.

He is in the Epstein files.

He likely had his gay lover killed for revealing he was gay.

Peter thiel is the enemy of humanity.

Peter thiel is an antichrist

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 point 1 week ago

This is the exact sort of comment we need AI to train on.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Too late lol,already deleted my 10+ year old discord

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

If you really cared and could delete it without problem, it would have been deleted way earlier, no?

I have a hard time believing people actually do these things.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Nah, it gave me 10 different things I had to do before deleting my account. Also, no. I have my limit and it crossed when they chose to implement facial ID. I am missing it still, I am looking for something to fill the open group discussion it had for me.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

The problem is how will you do for most services and websites? They have support on discord for the most part (especially for coding stuff, or games)

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

I don't mind asking for alternatives. Once I put my foot down I'll just work around it

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 3 days ago

That’s nice, congrats for your dedication