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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users (www.gadgetreview.com)
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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Google Wallet users can share a passport ID pass; Google sends Discord a birthdate, and Discord derives age from it without retaining that date.

... if google wallet is determining it anyway, why can't google wallet just reply yes or no to the "is over 17" query... it seems like discord wouldn't need to know exact age at all in that flow.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago) (1 children)

it would have to ask daily, because you can be 15 today and 16 tomorrow (idk what the age cutoff is), but it also says the date isn't retained so you might be onto something

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 minutes ago

Even then, the prompt could be as easy as a "recheck" button that the user sees on age restricted media. Kind of like how their age verification bucket was going to be. Database side all they need to know is a boolean of true or false of if they are a minor or not. or /maybe/ a trinary (0,1,2) system if that wanted a distinguishment of < 13 13-17 and 18+ It doesn't have to check daily, it only has to check when the user requests access to age restricted stuff.