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Well that just wraps it all up with a nice neat little bow on top, doesn't it? Let's put this together for the HN readers: Chinese company Tencent is a Discord
by panny 7y ago
Well that just wraps it all up with a nice neat little bow on top, doesn't it? Let's put this together for the HN readers:
Chinese company Tencent is a Discord investor.
China requires face scan to get a mobile number starting Dec 1.
Discord begins requiring mobile number to keep account.
A Chinese surveillance camera may soon be using your face to review every discord message you ever made as it is observing you. I'm sure this will apply to the facial recognition customs kiosks as you enter/exit the country. Have you seen them? Scan passport. Door opens. Step into the kill box. Scan face. Approved? Second door opens, you may pass. Not approved? Well... you probably should have stayed home, friend.
If discord asks for your mobile number, keep this in mind.
- manjana 7y agoAs far as possible I never give away my phone number, to any online service. Facebook, Google and LinkedIn also makes it hard for you to sign up without one I recall. The 2FA argument is week imho. It's all disguised datamining is my guess - similar to how Google properly uses captchas to simultaneously improve their ML algorithms (ever stopped to think about what those captchas contains? Crosswalks, cars, parking signs, crosswalk lights etc.). If you're an American citizen you can use Abine's Blur subscription to mask your phone number (and more), unfortunately it doesn't work outside of US yet.
- satanspastaroll 7y ago2FA through sms can be risky as well, as it travels in plain-text over the air
- arminiusreturns 7y agoI am the same, and the most recent place I had to give a phone number or gtfo was twitter. I've been monitoring the spam call rate to see if there has been any change, which I expected, but nothing statistically significant yet... (keyword: yet)