Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.

But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.

Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.

I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that’s unlikely.

  • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    There are alternatives we could use.

    A bunch of European countries already have “e-IDs” that can share very limited data with a service provider. For instance, Sweden has “Bank ID” (ID generated by you bank), which you can use to, for example, sign in to your housing association’s website. This gives them your name and registered address, immediately giving you the site for your particular community.

    You could use a system like that to send only the “this is a human” token. Potentially also “this is an adult”, without giving away any of your personal details, including your date of birth.