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The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos (www.thegamer.com)
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[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hmm, I don't recall ever doing age verification for Discord. Were older accounts grandfather'd in, or is it currently limited by region or something?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think it's a UK thing

They have been passing legislation to basically dox their citizens for them to gain access to the internet

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Russia thanks UK for this valuable information

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's like the government want to get sued. They are better than the previous administration but that's a pretty low bar

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

It was obvious things like this will happen, unlike banks and government sites social media sites don't have strict cyber security requirements and they want these sites to have a government ID. It was a bad idea from the start.

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Also currently being rolled out in Australia too 😔

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Any time your account gets locked for age reason it requires it. So if you have never had an age lock it's unlikely you had to do it.

It's as easy as someone reporting you for being underage with no proof or even just saying "I'm 14 and what is this" as a meme to get locked tho.

Hell the auto flag system can hit you if you just talk like a kid sometimes.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 6 points 1 month ago

You often get age verification if your account got blocked because someone reported you to be underage