Discord Is Testing Incode for Age Verification, and the Privacy Concerns Are Legitimate | The CyberSec Guru
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Discord is running a limited trial with Incode for facial age estimation and ID scanning. Here is what the vendor actually does, what are the privacy concerns

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

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish
    22·
    1 day ago

    I stopped and will immediately stop using all services that require face scans, ids, phone number or qr-captchas.

    If they want to kill their product they can be my guest.

    • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      21 hours ago

      I stopped and will immediately stop using all services that require face scans, ids, phone number or qr-captchas.

      Same.

      The question tho is, how many will? If it’s 50%, they killed their product. If it’s 0.1%, then their product is fine, while you, me, and all us 0.1% are excluded from more and more of the online world. This won’t stop with Discord.

      I guess the % will be somewhere between those levels. Where exactly? IDK.