Powderhorn comments on Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I don't use Discord for adult content, so it sounds like I won't really be affected. But they're sure as hell not getting my face or ID.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Neither do I, but from other platforms it's only a matter of time until you're prompted for it. You join a server where someone has posted something NSFW before, or the server admin "to be safe" set it to adults only, or they just clamp down on the definition of adults only. At some point I fully expect it'll force me to.

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[–] SteevyT@beehaw.org 1 point 9 months ago

I wonder if my MIL's mugshot would be good enough.

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[–] Dequei@piefed.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

What about the model reading your messages

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 9 points 9 months ago

Always assume anything you post outside of some messaging apps has hit the public domain and will be used, sold and targeted. This is scarcely a Discord-only problem.

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[–] remington@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

This probably will end up being the case for most people

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[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Until Discord starts classifying anything and everything as adult content, TikTok style. Can't curse, can't talk about any form of violence. Good luck talking about most video games when you can't say "gun", "kill" or "die".

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