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'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives (www.techradar.com)

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

It's optional; you can also just use your standard username and password.

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[–] vodka@feddit.org 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Well yes, but it has it as an option.

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago

I don't think the QR code has anything to do with encryption, though. They're just trying to make it convenient to sign in.

Meanwhile, Matrix has a lot of extra stuff going on behind the scenes.

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