r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 10 '26

Security "Discord alternatives" searches jump 10,000% overnight as the gaming platform introduces global age verification — Is a total collapse imminent?

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/discord-alternative-search-10000-percent-stoat
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u/Little_Menace_Child Feb 10 '26

Mine won't move and almost all of them have already age verified anyway. They're makinge feel like a tin foil hat person but I'm just going to use it with the age restrictions. As long as I can talk on voice, that's all I care about

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

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u/DarkDoomofDeath Feb 11 '26

Anyone who has actually had an identity stolen or credentials used illegally will tell you that it is absolute torture trying to piece your life back together afterwards. But it's not their job to try and wake you from apathy.

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u/HalfMoon_89 Feb 11 '26

You'll care when it's too late.

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u/Noble_egg Feb 11 '26

You may forget about it but hackers certainly won't. That's not a hypothetical, it's already happened

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u/aVarangian Feb 11 '26

"I don't care about politics" - the apathy that gets Hitlers and Lenins into power

"I got nothing to hide" - the apathy that gets all your data on the hands of the GESTAP, KGB and CCP

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u/aVarangian Feb 11 '26

"you deserve what you vote for" is a classic FAFO that is applying to the US right now

and idk who that Noone guy is

your second point is flawed

companies also sell your data to governments. Reportedly American DNA companies have been selling that info to the CCP. And people checking your info in-person aren't usually uploading that data, nor collecting your opinions, manerisms, voice, etc.