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Users claim Discord's age verification test can be tricked with game characters

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Users claim Discord's age verification test can be tricked with game characters

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 23 days ago

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Discord users are claiming that you can use pictures of video game characters to bypass the platform's new age verification checks.

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Uploading a video game character’s face rather than your own also benefits privacy.

The Tea app leak shows some keep verification pictures for too long, without meaningful security.

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