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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by junon on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:16PM (#46983156)
When I had to prove my passport for my bank over a video call they told me to rotate it around in the sunlight to show that it had the holo-whatever ink. So I wouldn't put it past them.
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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by digiown on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:23PM (#46983215)
A call requires a human, which is inherently not scalable. And even humans have trouble distinguishing AI content these days.
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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by ziml77 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:35PM (#46983331)
And it's not like Discord actually cares. They just care about appearing like they care. Something to keep the heat off of them from regulators and angry parents.
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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by uncletscollie on Thursday February 12, 2026 @11:06AM (#46990520)
Discord built its own TSA?
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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by krisoft on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:38PM (#46983367)
A “video call” perhaps requires a human, but the type of test described need not be a video call. One can imagine a network trained to distinguish a fake id card from real one from a video recorded where the user is asked to move the card such that the holograph is glinting in the sunlight.
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