Kat Woods @TrashedKittyCat

@gameinformer i know your gonna be hiring new marketing teams soon can you hire me in, i can fix you

Art for the @TrashedKittyCat ^^

"We use age prediction to determine, with high confidence, when a user is an adult." That's a funny way of saying "we steal your data and see every message you type so we know, with exact precision, who you are." I know you're hiding much worse. No secret lasts forever.

Discord @discord

4 months ago

We’ve seen some questions about our age assurance update and we want to share more clarity. We know how important these changes are to our community. Here’s what we want you to know: ‣‣‣ 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮

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time to roast you once and for all! This statement isn't "clarity"—it’s a confession. Discord just admitted they are using invasive behavioral tracking to profile you, all while trying to gaslight us into thinking "Cripple-Mode" is a choice. Here is the full technical and legal takedown of @discord’s PR disaster: 🧵👇 1️⃣ The "ML Prediction" Bombshell: We are being profiled Discord claims most won't need a scan because their "advanced machine learning model" will predict your age based on "patterns of user behavior." * The Reality: This is mass behavioral surveillance. To "predict" your age with "high confidence," they are tracking how you click, who you talk to, and how you navigate. The Trap: If the algorithm—which is a black box—decides you "look" like a teen, you are immediately forced into the biometric funnel. You are guilty (underage) until proven innocent by a facial scan. 2️⃣ The "2025 Leak" Irony: You can't talk your way out of history In their own FAQ, Discord mentions the September 2025 data breach where 70,000 government IDs were leaked. They say, "These vendors weren't involved." The Reality: It doesn't matter which vendor it was. It proves that Discord’s ecosystem for handling sensitive documents is fundamentally broken. The Logic: You’re asking us to trust "new partners" with biometric data when you couldn't even manage a customer service agent's access to static IDs? Trust is earned, and you are currently in the negatives. 3️⃣ The "On-Device" Myth: Software is the gateway They claim facial scans "never leave your device." The Reality: The software doing the scanning belongs to the vendor. If the code is running on your phone, it still captures the data. The Risk: Once that biometric "on-device" infrastructure is in place, it’s one silent update away from becoming a cloud-syncing surveillance tool. We’ve seen this play out with "Client-Side Scanning" debates for years. It’s a back-door by design. 4️⃣ The GDPR Art. 7(4) Collision: This is Coercion Discord says you only need to verify to access "age-restricted experiences" or "modify safety settings." The Legal Reality: By locking core settings and community access behind a biometric wall, you are coercing consent. * The Violation: Under GDPR Art. 7(4) (Coupling Prohibition), consent is NOT valid if the provision of a service is made dependent on the processing of data that is not necessary for that service. Discord functioned for a decade without facial scans. It is NOT "necessary." This is a legal house of cards. 5️⃣ The "Minority" Gaslighting They keep saying only a "minority" will be affected. The Reality: On Discord, "age-restricted content" isn't just adult stuff. It's thousands of political, medical, and niche interest communities. By targeting this "minority," you are effectively de-anonymizing the most vulnerable and active parts of your user base. THE VERDICT:This statement is a desperate attempt to stop the Nitro exodus before the IPO. They are trying to rebrand "behavioral profiling" and "feature-locking" as "safety." We don't want "clarity" on how you're going to track us. We want the REMOVAL of the biometric mandate and the RESTORATION of full features for all users without surveillance. The "pause" isn't enough. The #DiscordFail continues until the code is gone. 📉 #Discord #Privacy #GDPR #DataSecurity #IPO #CrippleMode #BoycottDiscord #Nitro

@TiberIsTiber just focus on what you can do. idk your circumstances but everything gets better with time, as long as your taking action you are moving in the right direction.

@Wet_wren @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN thoughts on this? 🤔🤔

@RinoTheBouncer the uk.

@Dexerto they'll be devastated to find out. even after they get their way most gamers are just going to stick even closer to steam, its just the most well made platform. tons of effort and the only one i believe was ever made For the pc gamers.

@Psy23_ good stuff lil guy. peak

@Psy23_ thankuuu :) i love it <3

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