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My account is almost a decade old and discord is still asking me to complete age verification.
by Retr0id 9mo ago
My account is almost a decade old and discord is still asking me to complete age verification.
- poly2it 9mo agoAre they rolling this out in stages? I haven't been asked to prove the age of my account.
- Retr0id 9mo agoI'm in the UK (where the law allows them to use heuristics).
- rationalist 9mo agoSo VPN to the UK?
- Retr0id 9mo agoWhat?
- rationalist 9mo agoLots of websites assume you are located in the country where your IP address is, and thus apply the rules for that country. So perhaps if someone wanted to use heuristics instead of uploading an ID, they could pretend to be in the UK by using a VPN.
- Retr0id 9mo agoLegislatively, the UK is among the stricter regimes wrt online age verification. It's a place you want to be VPNing out of. Discord is apparently rolling this out worldwide out of their own free will, not due to legislative pressures.
- FMecha 9mo ago>not due to legislative pressures It's a pre-emptive move against any (potential) legislative pressures.
- dark-star 9mo agomaybe it's different per country shrug