Reply To: [Discord] Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally

[limburger 22410xp 0]

never mind that folk have been fooling this ‘face id’ stupidity with pictures from the internet …

btw: in the Netherlands is illegal to store copies of passports.

Only a few are allowed to do ask for an id like a passport (and none of them are chat apps … ).

They are forbidden to store anything other than that what type of id was used (ie : ‘passport’).
No details.

https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/themas/identificatie/paspoort-en-identiteitskaart

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/identiteitsfraude/vraag-en-antwoord/ben-ik-verplicht-om-een-kopie-van-mijn-identiteitsbewijs-te-geven-aan-een-bedrijf

If you have to hand over a copy then you are supposed to use the official app, which does several things:
– hides information that isn’t allowed to be seen by the target
– adds a watermark

A photo is classified as a ‘special/unique’ property as it can be used to uniquely identify a person, which is why they get special treatment in the regulations dealing with privacy.

So … what Discord wants to do is technically illegal by default in the EU.