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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 day ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] mechanicalant@piefed.zip 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't trust discord with what little I formation I've gave them so far. Definitely not giving them my ID or a scan of my face.

[–] ttyybb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

But they pinky promise the face scan is not facial recognition and that it's immediately deleted and never leaves your device.