Discord said the alleged attacker “also gained access to a small number of government ID images (eg driving licence, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination.
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Discord began using facial age assurance to check the age for users in the UK and Australia earlier this year. The company said facial images and ID images “are deleted directly after” ages are confirmed, but Discord’s website noted that if verification fails, users can contact the trust and safety team for a manual review.
Posted by Koszulium
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Wow! Who could have seen *this* coming? Absolutely a wholly unexpected event – nobody could have predicted this.
that did not take long at all
Sounds like we should give governments even *more* authority, in order to stop this from happening ever again!