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    Discord sieht sich wegen Altersüberprüfungen mit Gegenreaktionen konfrontiert, nachdem eine Datenschutzverletzung 70.000 IDs offengelegt hat


    Discord sieht sich wegen Altersüberprüfungen mit Gegenreaktionen konfrontiert, nachdem eine Datenschutzverletzung 70.000 IDs offengelegt hat

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/

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    1. Haunterblademoi on

      This measure will likely cause many people to uninstall Discord and look for other alternatives, I don’t know why they feel the need to do this, Especially regarding the implications of these data leaks

    2. kerodon on

      Matrix protocol based programs like Element are where I will go next if they do this.

    3. trancepx on

      Slow motion self destruction of an app that in all honesty is extremely replaceable and really got too comfortable.

    6. EmbarrassedHelp on

      May the backlash burn even brighter as the day and week goes on. They deserve it all for trying to force mandatory age verification on everyone.

      Apparently their support system is struggling with the influx of anger, so I would encourage everyone to contribute to that with even more emails and support tickets.

      You can also file complaints with government officials here:

      * Canada (file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner): https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/report-a-concern/file-a-formal-privacy-complaint/

      * Europe (list of individual country sites to file complaints): https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en

      * California: https://cppa.ca.gov/webapplications/complaint

    8. OSHA_Decertified on

      Unless they fixed the verification being easily fooled by a detailed enough 3d model this won’t accomplish much

    9. EscapeFacebook on

      A lot of these companies forget that convenience is what made them popular to begin with, people will just move on. I use Discord so infrequently I might as well not use it at all.

    11. UrbanMasque on

      Are they going to disconnect my nitro until I verify? I doub’t it

      Ask the admins in every community you’re in:

      „What other platforms do they have a chat style form style presence that you can join.“

      Try to get ahead of this.

    12. Stormy_Kun on

      Discord got so bad that they required an ID !? What did I miss in the past 5 years ?? 🤯

    13. Low_Technician7346 on

      Discord is bloated as fuck why you still use this app? Good old TeamSpeak or Mumble do the job.

    14. InsomniaticWanderer on

      Uploading your face and/or ID to the internet is basically going, „please steal my identity and ruin my life. I’m literally asking for it.“

    17. a-voice-in-your-head on

      I’m actually enjoying closing accounts and canceling subscriptions these days.

      I’d highly recommend it.

    18. fightin_blue_hens on

      I hope all those places that use discord as a database find a new place to put all the info.

    19. monkeypickle8 on

      It’s just crazy to me that I’ve had an adult account for almost 11 years and now I’ll be considered a child without face verification. They just want to sell all of our information, more invasive shit from big tech.

    23. Potential-View-6561 on

      Those breaches are exactly why i won’t trust companys that switch to Face/ID verification. I don’t know any company that made a safe age verification process yet. If they enforce it, welcome back Teamspeak.

    24. Daimakku1 on

      I am not giving my Driver’s License to just any randomass company that asks for it; certainly not Discord.

    25. Dry_Support3290 on

      I don’t know why these platforms over the years become big and popular, then make dumb choices to bring upon their own downfall. It’s Skype all over again.

    28. faux_shore on

      I’m deleting my account if this goes through, the only downside will be I can’t call my gf when we play games but I’m sure there’s another app I could find

    30. mrfouz on

      Imaging having to give the same info for a pRon website. The leaks would be from every ends.

    31. FabianGladwart on

      I’ve been looking at alternatives, I’d appreciate if anyone has a favorite that they wanna tell me about

    32. Peppy_Tomato on

      There should be fines for % of global revenue for privacy failures like this. Then maybe they won’t keep data they have no business keeping. My data has been pwned so many times, and nothing seems to be changing.

    33. Slyzxx78 on

      It’s not even the data breach people should be worried about. It’s the selling of your facial images.

    34. luismt2 on

      Asking people for IDs after a breach is wild. Trust is hard to rebuild once you’ve already dropped the ball.

    37. Desertwind16v on

      Good fuck em. I’m not doing that, I don’t care how much content I miss out on.

    39. Toby101125 on

      No company can be this stupid. Either they’re exploring more data mining options or they’re getting pressured to do this 

    42. WingerRules on

      Jesus Christ, the solution to all this garbage without intruding on everyone else’s rights is to just create a .kid top level domain where only kid friendly content can exist and require devices and operating systems have an easy switch for parents to lock devices to those domains and kid friendly apps.

      Hold parents responsible for being lazy monitoring their kids.

    43. KneeMediocre8195 on

      Is there a better alternative? Discord been kinda ass for a long time now

    44. PineStateWanderer on

      Fuck the children, ill never do this. Id rather sit in a room by myself and stare at a wall. 

    45. SpudgeBoy on

      We raid WOW on Wednesday. I will let the Raid leader know that they need to find a new voice app or I won’t be in Discord. I am the MT and strategy explainer.

    46. darw1nf1sh on

      I don’t have a single Discord page that I follow that is adult that I am aware of. My personal pages for my TTRPGs certainly aren’t. If they make me and my players register anyway, I will find another platform.

    47. 31337hacker on

      I’m strongly considering deleting my account from 2015 because of this. And if I end up doing it, then I’ll make sure to let them know exactly why.

    48. swrrrrg on

      I don’t care about children. It’s not our job to parent other people’s kids. I’m so sick of the, “but the children!” argument. I don’t care. Leave me alone.

    49. aquoad on

      „Don’t worry, bro, we’ll definitely only use it for age verification!“ as if the entire point of this weren’t to attach a real person’s name and ID to everything said online. It’s a means of social control, not protection.

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