Norwegian #DataProtection Authority on #Ageverification for #SocialMedia

> The government is proposing a new law on age limits for social media use. We have no objections to the legal establishment of such an #AgeLimit, but we believe that the proposal on age verification requirements in particular has not been sufficiently examined.

3 Oct. 2025, autom. translation

https://www.datatilsynet.no/regelverk-og-verktoy/lover-og-regler/hoeringsuttalelser/horingsuttalelser-2025/horingssvar-om-forslag-til-lov-om-aldersgrenser-i-sosiale-medier/

#privacy #datatilsynet #dpa #Altersgrenze #aldersgrenser #aldersverifisering

So age determination is not a security risk ? It is and it will be more for future. The latest Discord incident might be an eye opener for some.

#ageverification #cybersecurity #leak

🔗 https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

Apparemment, désertion en cours de Blueskyers UK suite à obligation de justifier son âge pour l'utiliser.

#Privacy #AgeVerification

If the #privacy violating #ageVerification crap ever arrives in the Fediverse I'll probably just fall back to #Usenet again.

I'll have to change my sig though, it's a bit out of date. Probably 1996 since I was last there.

If everyone was refusing to provide official IDs to verify their identity and age on social platforms, and just let their account rot there unused instead, we would soon see platforms themselves starting to advocate against these invasive laws to recover their users.

Just saying.
They need you more than you need them.
Stop complying with invasive requests.

#Privacy #AgeVerification

Nice 

https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

#Security #AgeVerification #Discord

Discord's support/help system got hacked and sensitive user data including ID photos used for age verification were stolen: https://www.theverge.com/news/792032/discord-customer-service-data-breach-hack

And they are trying to desperately downplay the impact in their press release: https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

This is why you don't do age verification via photos btw., either do it in a cryptographic secure way or just don't do it if you can't do it securely...

#Discord #DiscordHack #Hack #AgeVerification

Why this "AV" (Age Verification) requiring the upload of documents poses risks which are IMHO not justified by the reason:

https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

What got out? Well, just "… Name, Discord username, email and other contact details … billing information … IP addresses … government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination"

Well, happy identity thefting then… Remember: what's not there, cannot be stolen 🤷‍♂️

#security #ageVerification