#internet so strange

[existentialterror]

Do NOT send pictures of your ID card to discord bots!!!!

Or, like, any online rando.

I ran into a server that wanted to make sure that members are over 18 years old. They wanted to avoid the other thing I've heard of, which is asking you to verify your age by sending pictures of your ID card to a moderator. Good! Don't do that!

However, ALSO don't do this other thing, which is using a discord bot that would "automatically verify" you from a selfie and a photo of your ID card showing your birthday. The one they used is ageifybot.com. There's a little more information on its top.gg page. Don't like that! Not using that!

Why not? It's automatic! Well, let me count the ways this service skeeves me out:

How does the verification process work? There is no information on this. Well, okay, if you had more info on what kind of algorithms etc were being used here, that might make it easier for people to cheat it. Fair enough. But we need something to count on.

Who's making it? Like, if I can't understand the mechanics, at least I'd like to know who creates it - ideally they'd be a security professional, or at least a security hobbyist, or an AI expert, or at least someone with some kind of reputation they could lose if this turns out to not be very good, or god forbid, a data-stealing operation. However, the website contains nothing about the creators.

The privacy policy says they store information sent to them, such as your selfie and photo of an ID card, for up to 90 days, or a year if they suspect you're misleading them. It sure seems like even if they're truly abiding by their privacy policy, there's nothing to stop human people from looking at your photos.

The terms of service say they can use, store, process, etc, any information you send them. And that they can't be held accountable for mistakes, misuse, etc. And that they can change the bot and the ToS at any times without telling you. The terms of service also cut off midway through a sentence, so like, that's reassuring:

In conclusion, DO NOT SEND PICTURES OF YOUR ID CARD TO RANDOM DISCORD BOTS.

Yes, keeping minors out of (say) NSFW spaces is a difficult problem, but this "solution" sucks shit and is bad.

Your ID card is private, personal information that can be used by malicious actors to harm you. Do not trust random discord bots.

[fukutomichi]

∙ Favorite Trope - Headbutt of Love ∙ Suite Française (2014) ∙ The Old Guard (2020) ∙ Pacific Rim (2013) ∙ Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) ∙ Interview with the Vampire (2024) ∙ The Rings of Power (2022) ∙ The Legend of Tarzan (2016) ∙ The Punisher (2017) ∙ Captain Marvel (2019) ∙ Fallout (2024) ∙ The Mummy (1999) ∙ Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) ∙ All the Light We Cannot See (2023) ∙ Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ∙ The English (2022) ∙ Strange Days (1995)

[sealsdaily]

WE GOT ON SOME SORT OF NEWS?

[existentialterror]

starting to worry that people are going to be wrong on the internet either way

Tumblr subtley encourages you to be a better internet person because people will be Wrong in tags all the time, but it's such a pain to reply to tags that you have to just let it slide most of the time.

And every time you let someone just be wrong on the internet, your soul gets a little closer to heaven.

[elegantcherryblossomsheep]

losing my mind like am i living in a dream? am i hallucinating? is something up with my brain??

elon musk did a nazi salute and is now making holocaust jokes on twitter?

trump withdrew from the WHO? or is planning to? like sorry what

a priest did a speech about mercy and thinking of people who are scared and she got?? death threats?

google search results for 'us president 2021-2024' yield trump as the first result?

the president did a bonus speech on inaugration day - the speech everyone advised him NOT to give - and said it was his best speech ever

tiktok got banned for like? 24 hours? the ban was trumps idea in the first place but then biden did it so he had to undo it?

the president is going to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. so he can prioritise. gas and oil. (the crowd applauded)

this exact president blames a single govenor for wildfires in america. it wasnt the climate or the drought. it was the guy.

immigration is a 'national emergency' WHO IS IT KILLING? EXCEPT? THE PEOPLE YOU ARE DE-IMMIGRATING (aka deporting).

oh its an 'energy emergency' too and they will "drill, baby, drill"

hate speech is ok now guys you heard it here first

oh this guy also wants to??? buy????? greenland???? and some guy had to stand up and say "greenland is not for sale"????

gotta rename that gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. because god forbid mexico has anything

im just. huh? im not in america i just? hear these things and? what?

[cloudemojisworld]

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Genuine question, what is with these Harry/Voldemort fics? Where did these fics come from?? Where did this ship come from??

i honestly haven't the foggiest clue but far be it from me to yuck someone's yum - Mod W

[ganondoodle]

sometimes i wish i was one of those artist that make people go "this is a PAINTING???" or "with WHAT programm/medium???" but its just not what i can do or find fun :/

[natjennie]

I'm actually so autistically attached to drawfee, getting rid of the intro might make me have a breakdown right now. does horse divorce mean nothing to you.

[hana-bobo-finch]

CRAZY, TWISTED MOTH stands on his HIND LEGS

[saltingthecookingwine]

New obsession just dropped

Sometimes I’m looking for something online - often “how to” articles - and I want to filter for - like - a website that was clearly built in 2010 at the latest, which may or may not have been updated since then, but contains a vast wealth of information on one topic, painstakingly organized by an unknown legend in the field with decades’ worth of experience. I don’t want a listicle with a nice stolen picture in a slideshow format written by a content aggregator that God forgot. I want hand-drawn diagrams by some genius professor who doesn’t understand SEO at all, but understands making stir-fries or raising stick insects better than anyone else on this earth. I don’t know what search settings to put into Google to get this.

[wackywatchdotcom]

knowing pomnis favorite color is red makes me emotional and also slightly more in love with her, for some reason

[rystiel]

i’m sorry i’m thinking about dan and phil. but what do you mean while talking about gifts his family gets for him specifically he complains about them not factoring in phil. somebody gets him chocolate but he doesn’t want it because phil can’t have it???

[zafirosreverie]

On His way to kill some old man because he dared to SPEAK to him. The nerve 😤

[captainrufflebanger]

Have you seen her

Now you have

[dokidango]

I've never told another soul about this but back in 2008, when I was 14 years old, I found this website where you ask questions and you could get points for answering questions.

I decided to start answering loads of questions to get points because I wanted to feel part of something due to the chronic neglect at home. I had my real first name and a picture of me on there because privacy? I didn't know her.

Anyway, I remember going on there and saw a question from a 30 something year old man that said "DokiDango is so annoying I wish she would just leave. Who else hates DokiDango?" There were lots of answers agreeing, and some people were defending me by claiming they were bullying a little girl.

Terrible right? I should have been so upset by this blatant cyberbullying. However, I was elated. I had no idea people even noticed me on there, and the fact that a bunch of people knew me enough to be annoyed by me made my day.

So, I decided to settle in and began asking questions that were intentionally annoying until I got bored and moved on to my new hyperfixation.

Early 2000's internet was a an endless liminal space with no rules or safety. It was a wild time.