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Discord Is Testing Incode for Age Verification, and the Privacy Concerns Are Legitimate (wp.me)

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

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Discord has quietly begun testing Incode as a new age verification provider, replacing its previous vendor for some users. The company says face scans are processed on-device where possible, IDs and selfies are deleted after age confirmation, and Discord only receives an age result, not your identity. But the move still raises important privacy questions around biometric verification, third-party trust, and the growing trend of mandatory age checks online, especially after the massive Persona breach linked to Discord user data back in 2025

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[–] tekato@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Matrix is just the protocol so if you think that synapse (the server implementation developed by Element which does have ties to Amdocs) is somehow logging all your data and sending it back or whatever, just use a different implementation. For example, tuwunel is sponsored and used by Switzerland’s government.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I will say that Matrix does not have a good security track record for E2EE and all of the clients use their software to do it. If that's a dealbreaker, you should probably use something security-oriented like Signal

[–] tekato@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Was just addressing the amdocs complaint. Didn’t know about the security concerns but it’s most likely still better than Discord and I’m not sure if Signal is even in consideration when looking for a Discord alternative.

[–] GMac@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure i read that the protocol developments go back to amdocs Governments use palantir so not a benchmark reference for avoiding spyware. Like i said, red flag and lack of motivation to act enough to verify either way. Ymmv