404 Media previously reported kids said they were using photos of Trump and G-Man from Half Life to bypass the age verification software in the popular VR game Gorilla Tag. That game uses the service k–ID, which is the same as what Discord is using.
You can’t pull one over on these kids. They have tons of free time and none of the responsibility of adulthood, they’re gonna bypass whatever the fuck you put in front of them.
I was that kid that refused to be constrained and I’m so fucking proud of this generation for carrying on the legacy.
My kid last year in 5th grade (or maybe even the year before?) and his classmates figured out they could use shared Google Docs on their school accounts to have chats with each other, during school. The parent side of me rolled my eyes but the 80s kid in me was legitimately proud. Did I narc on them? Hell no.
The one hilarious thing is that all sorts of new social issues arise with this kind of workaround. Document names get changed, someone deletes something that someone else thinks is important, etc., and they have to work it out. So it’s a learning experience, for sure!
Arguing about Google Docs will prepare them for the corporate world
I remember doing that in Economics in high school in like 2013. The document was named “Totally work related” and the teacher saw it, laughed, and just told us to pay attention. Idk if he was impressed or what, but he didn’t even make us delete it.
That’s a great teacher.
+1 just for using “narc”. Which by the way, reminds me every time, of the arcade game of the same name. Loved that game. 🚀
The only thing that taught me more about computers than trying to get porn is trying to pirate software.
Lmao I didn’t had “bypassing corpo surveillance with a vtuber software” on my 2026 bingo
Did these people forget Vtubers exist? Using a camera/Vr goggles to map one face to another? It’s just going to need a phone app, a good 3d model and shader generator, and a big screen and you can be whoever you want.
Even faster if they use AI filters.
That‘s honestly less surprising or impressive than people using Death Stranding for that.
Alright. But how do we stop the AI spyware from constantly monitoring our activity?
Might not be an issue for me since I’m using the flatpak of Vesktop, but getting all my none-technical friends to move away from Discord will be pain.
