Biometric Update

Age verification expands in gaming: Minecraft selects Yoti, Discord tests Persona

Minecraft players in the UK with adult accounts will have to complete age checks starting in February to continue using the ...
Mashable

Discord reveals 70,000 users' government IDs may have been compromised

Last week, Discord revealed that a security breach had exposed some of its users' personal information — including government IDs collected for age verification. At the time, the voice chat and ...
PC Gamer

Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses

I just died of not-surprise. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a development that will come as no surprise to critics of ...
PC Gamer

One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data

The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add ...
Wired

Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The ...
CoinTelegraph

2.1M Discord users’ ‘deleted’ ID photos may be exposed in massive leak

Hackers who breached Discord’s Zendesk support system are reportedly extorting the platform after stealing 2.1 million users’ age-verification photos. Discord is reportedly being extorted by hackers ...