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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A Trump photo in front of the cam.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

They thought of that. It has to be a video and you have to move your head around as if you’re setting up face ID. Not creepy at all. Then again, this is Meta we’re talking about, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise.