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Discord's experimental UK age verification provider looks to have sprung a leak, and it seems to check for a whole lot more than you might expect
3+ hour ago (433+ words) I'm sure this will be well-received. The news was even less well-received when Discord informed some UK users that they may be part of an "experiment" with an age verification provider called Persona, the lead investor of which, in its…...
This QR code is the smallest in the world and can 'only be recognised with an electron microscope"
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (455+ words) You don't happen to have a microscopic phone camera yet, do you? If you've ever struggled to get your hand steady enough to scan a QR code while on the go, you should try catching one made by the research…...
Internet Archive director decries sites that block the Wayback Machine: 'blocking preservation efforts risks a profound unintended consequence"
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (325+ words) "The Wayback Machine is built for human readers." The Internet Archive, the site responsible for running the handy archival tool, Wayback Machine, has reportedly seen sites such as Reddit, The New York Times, and The Guardian blocking it from getting…...
New study sassily states that password managers have 'Zero Knowledge (About) Encryption"
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (343+ words) But post-its aren't the way either. Despite banging on about data privacy, my password practices are perhaps not actually that secure. No, I'm not leaving them lying around on post-it notes like my office is just the latest level of…...
YouTube was partially busted for a while, but it's fixed now
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (250+ words) YouTube wasn't fully down, but hundreds of thousands of users reported issues. Update: It looks like YouTube's issue is all sorted now, as per YouTube itself. "The issue with our recommendations system has been resolved and all of our platforms…...
Discord keeps walking into rakes, but TeamSpeak is thriving after 'incredible surge of new users"
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (554+ words) Discord keeps walking into rakes, but TeamSpeak is thriving after 'incredible surge of new users'PC Gamer You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to…...
Motorola was once working on a 'password pill' and it worked exactly how you think it does
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (448+ words) This was part of Motorola's goal to 'fix' the "mechanical mismatch between humans and electronics." Did you know that, for a brief few years, Motorola (or more accurately, Motorola Mobility) was owned by Google? If you didn't know that, then…...
The EU declares TikTok's 'infinite scroll' and 'highly personalised recommender system' are 'addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act"
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (366+ words) The EU declares TikTok's 'infinite scroll' and 'highly personalised recommender system' are 'addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act'PC Gamer You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Your weekly update on…...
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (411+ words) Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund. Last week, Discord invited the contempt of its users by announcing it will be rolling out global age verification restrictions in March, which will restrict…...
'There's no reason for Discord to comply in advance' with social media age verification laws instead of 'fighting for their users' says EFF expert
1+ week, 1+ day ago (436+ words) Discord's plan to require face scans or ID verification is capitulation to overbearing legislation that's still far from universal. But why has the company jumped from users in a single country being forced to upload their ID or submit to…...