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

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Discord is already in ‘full damage control’ mode as folk are cancelling their paid subscriptions or looking for alternatives.
A lot of the resentment has been building as Discord has been agressively tried to push their various paid services.

Article:
https://kotaku.com/discord-age-verification-ai-hack-nitro-boycott-2000667358

And if you were wondering how they are going to do this verification ?
The answer is simple: ‘AI’
or rather … they have been using your data to train their ‘AI’ without your explicit consent.

https://x.com/Vuthakral/status/2020893257987748166

And if this wasn’t bad enough news …

They have been selling your data already for over a year already :

https://lifehacker.com/tech/discord-data-sold-to-ai-and-law-enforcement

It is likely easy for Discord to claim ‘innocence’ as this was done by a third party that used bots to scrape data, but I’d argue that it still is Discords’ responsibility for making sure their ‘terms of service’ aren’t just words when it comes to the protection of its users.

It sucks to have to re-iterate the basic lessons about internet privacy from the early days:
never ever reveal personal details on the internet.

There is nothing to be gained by doing so.
If you have do reveal anything then do it on a ‘need to know’ basis only.
Omit anything that isn’t essential to the service provided.
And if you have to provide info … do not be afraid of faking it.
You cannot erase information once it has been uploaded to the internet.

Disposable accounts are your friend if you want to keep your identity secret and safe.
We don’t need to know your gender, religion, race, age or any other personal details.
There simply are too many bad folk out there who would abuse such facts to harass, blackmail and bully.
Companies definitely do not need any of that no matter how they like the pretend it is to ‘protect the kids’.

Having said that … this community does not contain such people, but it is better to be safe and assume the worst.
The site admins will help you should you need it.

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