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Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach

76 points by hn_acker 9mo ago

neko_ranger 9mo ago
Discord's not going away, but I looked at setting up a self hosted matrix server last night and had it up with an element client in 20 minutes with docker compose. I don't think I'll do a discord<->matrix bridge (since it requires extra stuff on the discord side and I think you lose encryption, which isn't that important), but if you have buddies who you want to keep in contact with, it's not a bad solution I explored but am avoiding big, public channels because there honestly isn't that much chatting going on in the ones that I found
- toastal 9mo ago
  You should try XMPP with a Slidge gateway… it uses a lot less resources (CPU, RAM, & storage) on your server. The clients are lighter weight too.
  - foxrider 9mo ago
    I haven't touched XMPP for over 10 years, how's screen sharing and file sharing over XMPP doing?
    - com2kid 9mo ago
      I never managed to get file sharing working on my self hosted discord instance. Needing to setup DNS entries and subdomains for every little feature got tiresome and I gave up. Also the default of "save all shared files on the server" didn't sit well with me. But xmpp is so damn complicated I am 100% sure I am misunderstanding everything and doing something wrong.
    - toastal 9mo ago
      Almost all clients support file sharing. The Movim client <https://mov.im/ https://mov.im/> supports screen sharing. It should be noted that both Jitsi & Zoom use XMPP for the roster/chat/handshaking as well; so if you set up a Jitsi server for calls & such, you would already have a working XMPP server on your server that could be co-opted.
josefritzishere 9mo ago
I already cancelled my account. This is a deal breaker.
ChrisArchitect 9mo ago
Related, select key discussions this week: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663 Discord just killed anonymity https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996067 Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046 Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421
uabsdi 9mo ago
Will this actually be implemented worldwide, and not be easily bypassed with some ai generated images? I'm skeptical that anything ever happens tbh.
- Tommo499 9mo ago
  I’m in Australia and I was able to bypass it using a picture of my drivers license with a picture from https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ and some light image editing to change the details. There is the option to scan your face but that requires you to move your head around.

76 points by hn_acker 9mo ago

Discord's not going away, but I looked at setting up a self hosted matrix server last night and had it up with an element client in 20 minutes with docker compose. I don't think I'll do a discord<->matrix bridge (since it requires extra stuff on the discord side and I think you lose encryption, which isn't that important), but if you have buddies who you want to keep in contact with, it's not a bad solution I explored but am avoiding big, public channels because there honestly isn't that much chatting going on in the ones that I found

toastal 9mo ago
You should try XMPP with a Slidge gateway… it uses a lot less resources (CPU, RAM, & storage) on your server. The clients are lighter weight too.
- foxrider 9mo ago
  I haven't touched XMPP for over 10 years, how's screen sharing and file sharing over XMPP doing?
  - com2kid 9mo ago
    I never managed to get file sharing working on my self hosted discord instance. Needing to setup DNS entries and subdomains for every little feature got tiresome and I gave up. Also the default of "save all shared files on the server" didn't sit well with me. But xmpp is so damn complicated I am 100% sure I am misunderstanding everything and doing something wrong.
  - toastal 9mo ago
    Almost all clients support file sharing. The Movim client <https://mov.im/ https://mov.im/> supports screen sharing. It should be noted that both Jitsi & Zoom use XMPP for the roster/chat/handshaking as well; so if you set up a Jitsi server for calls & such, you would already have a working XMPP server on your server that could be co-opted.

josefritzishere 9mo ago

I already cancelled my account. This is a deal breaker.

ChrisArchitect 9mo ago

Related, select key discussions this week: Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663 Discord just killed anonymity https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996067 Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046 Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421

uabsdi 9mo ago

Will this actually be implemented worldwide, and not be easily bypassed with some ai generated images? I'm skeptical that anything ever happens tbh.

Tommo499 9mo ago
I’m in Australia and I was able to bypass it using a picture of my drivers license with a picture from https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ and some light image editing to change the details. There is the option to scan your face but that requires you to move your head around.