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



Fluxer just finally finished their big refactor that brought their code to GitHub for public contribution and they released their revamped selfhosting experience
Still. Not. Federated.
It’s on the roadmap, and it’s a solo dev
Wake us up when its federated and ha proper e2ee.
And Claude ofc
Kindof like Helix plugin system, Forgejo federation, CoMaps live traffic, etc. I’d rather use something that works right now and not have to wait like 5 years