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Re:Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked wit... by dfghjk4 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @05:18AM (#44692647)
Identity shouldn’t be tied to a private institution that requires you to have a bank account to login.

Two of the well-used solutions to identity in the U.S. are login.gov (government-managed) and id.me (private, but used by government). Basically to get setup, at some point you have to have physical presence to get an actual government-approved physical ID, which can still be a barrier to some, but it doesn’t require a bank account.

Just don’t implement your own like Discourse and Tea.app.

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Re:Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked wit... by masklinn on Saturday July 26, 2025 @07:17AM (#44693175)
> Just don’t implement your own like Discourse and Tea.app.

FWIW discord did not implement their own (sensibly), but since the british government does not provide this service it basically mandates possibly dodgy middlemen.

My understanding is that discord uses (contracted?) https://www.k-id.com/

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Re:Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked wit... by hnthrowaway7483 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @05:26AM (#44692678)
> Discourse

Another victim of auto-correct!

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Re:Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked wit... by close04 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @09:48AM (#44694073)
Whether it’s a government controlled or private identity provider which can or has to provide data to the government, in the end it’s still the perfect way to control what people do online. It’s age restricted stuff at first, but can just as well be applied to any store or social media. Not so eager to express your dissent if it has your name stapled to it.
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Re:Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked wit... by morkalork on Saturday July 26, 2025 @11:33AM (#44694855)
>Identity shouldn’t be tied to a private institution

This right here. Just look at what happened with visa/mastercard this week, private institutions can and will cave to special interest groups advocating to block access to legal content.

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