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Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima


The UK's new act blocks access to adult content without identification. Turns out, you only need a copy of Death Stranding and a phone to get around it.

Earlier today, our James stumbled across people using Sam Porter Bridges selfies to bypass Discord's age verification, from this post from DanySterkhov on X. The method requires using a phone for the Discord age verification, opening Death Stranding's Photo Mode, and preparing a close up of Sam Porter, played by one Norman Reedus. The K-id Discord ID verification is designed to weed out would-be imposters, and asks user's to open and close their mouth to verify they're a real person.

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