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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by theshrike79 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @02:58AM (#46956646)
Yeaaah, nope.

GDPR is no joke and storing people’s actual ID card photos is a gigantic liability. Companies treat that stuff like it’s toxic waste, they want to get rid of it as fast as possible and permanently.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by trinix912 on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:18AM (#46957189)
How come they didn’t do that the first time? There’s really no guarantee this time will be different or that the 3rd party is any better.
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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by reactordev on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:13AM (#46957140)
We’re talking about Discord. The same people who put everyone’s “server” as a chat room on WebRTC.

They don’t share your same sense of toxicity.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by jonathanstrange on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:25AM (#46957253)
Maybe that's generally true but you're saying that about a company that has leaked 70,000 IDs that were supposed to not exist just last October.
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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by chickensong on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:50AM (#46957447)
And yet...
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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:47AM (#46957932)
So Discord only just survived financially because of heavy fines imposed from their earlier breach of trust? All their C-suite were fined commensurate with their remunerations+wealth?
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