Discord announced that the vast majority of its users will not be required to use face scans or ID verification to access the platform, according to The Verge. This update comes as the company clarifies its age verification process, aiming to allow users to continue using Discord without restrictions.
The Verge reported that Discord stated age prediction using existing user information will likely be sufficient for many users. The announcement follows the introduction of new safety tools by Google, which can now find and remove more personal information online, as reported by Ars Technica. These tools include the ability to detect and remove pages containing ID numbers like passports and driver's licenses.
Meanwhile, Wikipedia editors are debating whether to blacklist Archive.today, an archive site, due to its involvement in a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a blogger, as detailed by Ars Technica. Editors are considering removing or hiding all Archive.today links, deprecating the site, or maintaining the status quo.
In other tech news, Windows' original Secure Boot certificates are set to expire in June, according to Ars Technica. Secure Boot, introduced with Windows 8, verifies PC bootloaders to prevent unverified software from loading at startup. It became a formal system requirement for Windows 11 in 2021.
Finally, a "QuitGPT" campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions, as reported by MIT Technology Review. The campaign highlights concerns about OpenAI's president's contributions to a political super PAC and the use of ChatGPT-4 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer, expressed frustration with the chatbot's coding abilities and meandering replies, which led him to support the campaign.
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