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Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

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Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago
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The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.
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    21 days ago

    Element is almost identical.

    https://element.io/

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      21 days ago

      Not even close.

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        I only used it once a while ago. What doesn’t it do that Discord does that you also need?

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          Scan your system for running processes 😅

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          Most everything. It’s also very complicated to use and slow as shit. You should try actually using it and find out for yourself.

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