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Discord's Facial Age Verification System Balances Safety with Privacy

Remember the days when age verification online meant simply clicking “Yes, I’m definitely over 18” and calling it a day? That era is going the way of flip phones and MySpace profiles. Discord, the ...
Game Rant

Discord Starts Rolling Out Controversial Age Verification Feature

Viraaj is a spirited gamer, lifelong PlayStation main, huge petrolhead, but most importantly, a principled journalist. With experience at publications like FandomWire, HotCars, and DriveTribe, writing ...
CoinTelegraph

2.1M Discord users’ ‘deleted’ ID photos may be exposed in massive leak

Hackers who breached Discord’s Zendesk support system are reportedly extorting the platform after stealing 2.1 million users’ age-verification photos. Discord is reportedly being extorted by hackers ...
Shacknews

Discord confirms 70,000 users' verification IDs leaked in recent security breach

Last week, it was reported that Discord had suffered a breach of security through a third-party customer support service it uses. Specifically, its age verification system was hit and a large number ...
Sky

Discord hack shows risks of online age checks as internet policing hopes put to the test

Messaging platform Discord has said the official ID photos of around 70,000 users have been stolen by hackers. The app, which is popular with gamers and teenagers, said the hackers targeted a firm ...