what a bunch of scumbags, they are blocking archive.org from saving this support page with 403 forbidden

https://web.archive.org/save/support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/30326565624343-How-to-Complete-Age-Verification-on-Discord

I don't understand how people are even able to use discord in the first place.

Every time I try to make an account, something goes wrong.

• endless captcha loops

• stuck in preview mode forever, no joins to a server ever succeed

• immediate inexplicable ban

• phonewalls right after creating account

• immediate ban after providing a real phone number, that has never been used for discord

• "our automated system is working correctly, appeal denied"

I have tried multiple different desktop computers, tablets and mobile devices, across different browsers, ISPs, physical locations and operating systems, with nothing in common and no VPN/proxy or anything like that. For years. It just does. not. work.

This is actually illegal in multiple countries. The Netherlands prohibit asking for ID in many circumstances, and mainly limits it to the government, notaries, and the like.

Corporations are not allowed to ask you for your ID. This is bullshit, and they can and will 100% abuse this data to prey on younger users.

Thankfully I haven't used discord in forever and won't need to in the foreseeable.

That said, looking at this implementation it seems as though using option 1 their AI is just going to guess your age from looking at you. It might instruct you to turn this way or that, but it's just video or stills.

It's only if their AI can't be confident that you're over 18 that you're referred to option 2, which requires ID.

How easy will it be to emulate a camera device to help you work around option 1? I suspect very easy.

Being 43, I'm not worried about passing the age restriction, I'm just hoping to avoid ever having to show my real face to a platform like this.