Discord is rolling out a revised version of their age verification system, promising privacy improvements over the previous implementation.
So glad I don’t use this service.
Mine is one of the 90%. Glad I don’t have to VPN out of the UK to view channels marked as NSFW anymore and that I held out and waited for Persona to be canned.
It’s still not the perfect situation but the backlash definitely helped.
edit: scratch that, the moment I return to the UK it switches back to “unknown” and wants me to send ID. To k-ID rather than Persona but nah.
That’s annoying. They don’t give you other options? Like a credit card or the App Store age range thing
The only options were through K-iD which I don’t know well enough yet - they did have less invasive options now like credit card and something called “agekey” which is apparently a passkey of sorts that can be used on other sites.
However it turns out there’s a workaround. If you use a VPN to move to Texas, it still needs verification there, but they allow the App Store age range. You then get a DM from Discord saying that you’re an adult. This one “sticks” when you return to the UK, so problem solved.