LinkedIn announced new verification tools letting members confirm their workplace or university through vouches from two or more connected colleagues who've known them for at least a year. Company page admins can now also remove profiles falsely claiming affiliation with their organization from search results. LinkedIn says over 115 million of its roughly one billion members have already added some form of verification to their profiles.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-23
LinkedIn introduced tools letting members vouch for colleagues' or classmates' work history, distinct from endorsements, and gave companies new controls over who can associate with their brand on the platform. The company said its existing verification tools have already confirmed 115 million users and over 700,000 companies.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-23
A new online courier tool called I've Sent It lets users send files up to 3GB free (3TB on Pro, 5TB on Team plans) without creating accounts or installing software. Senders can lock files with passwords, geo-restrictions, ID verification, or view-once limits, and recipients get a signed certificate confirming who opened the file, when, and where.
ivesentit.com
· 2026-09-23
Discord has begun automatically sorting users into age groups using account signals like account age, activity patterns, and connected servers, rather than requiring ID or selfie verification. Users estimated to be 13-17 will get added safety restrictions, while those judged 18+ see no account changes; anyone misclassified can manually verify age through account settings. The rollout follows a February pause of Discord's prior ID-based verification system after a third-party vendor breach exposed users' scanned identification documents.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into Aylo, the owner of Pornhub, to determine whether the site's age verification system—introduced in May and reliant on Apple's third-party checks—actually prevents children from accessing pornography. The regulator says it has concerns Aylo may not have carried out sufficient testing before rolling out the process, which could breach the UK's Online Safety Act requirement for 'highly effective' age assurance.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-23
Discord started rolling out age verification to its entire user base this week, months after pausing the plan in February amid privacy concerns over biometric scans and ID checks. CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy said over 90% of users won't need to submit ID, as the platform will instead rely on existing account signals like tenure and activity patterns to estimate age.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-23
Discord has started automatically classifying users as Adult or Teen using signals like account age, server membership and activity levels, rather than requiring facial scans or ID checks upfront. Users who can't be confidently classified fall into an 'Unconfirmed' category and must verify their age via options such as credit card, app store accounts, Google Wallet, AgeKey, ID scan or video selfie. Discord says it won't read messages or calls to estimate age, won't display age groups publicly, and will require vendors to delete data after verification.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-22
Discord says it is now automatically sorting accounts into age groups using signals like account age and server membership, rather than message content, meaning over 90% of users won't need to verify their age. Adult accounts see no change, while teen accounts (13-17) retain core features like messaging and voice calls but are blocked from age-restricted content and settings. Users who need to confirm their age can now do so via methods like credit cards, app store age-sharing, Google Wallet, or AgeKey, without submitting an ID or selfie.
discord.com
· 2026-09-22
A São Paulo court has issued an emergency injunction requiring Apple to block minors from downloading Casino Roulette: Roulettist and to add age verification before users can buy virtual chips with real money. The order followed a July lawsuit from four child rights groups alleging minors could easily access the 18+ rated app and spend real money in it. Apple has five days to comply, must extend similar controls to other casino-style apps, and faces a daily fine of about $19,500 if it fails to act.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
A visitor to robertmay.photography encounters an automated browser security verification screen before being redirected to the site. The page states this check runs once every 24 hours to protect the site's cluster services from scrapers and bots.
robertmay.photography
· 2026-09-22
According to The Elec, Samsung plans to embed a security chip inside batteries for upcoming mid-range devices, including the Galaxy A series. The chip would let the phone verify whether an installed battery is genuine, mirroring a system Apple has used for years with iPhones.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-22
A developer working on the Enroute git server rewrote SHA-1 with collision detection into a new implementation called sha1dc, using a code generator and solver to fit collision checks into SIMD lanes. The new library runs at 68-81% of plain SHA-1 speed, compared with 28-29% for the existing sha1-checked crate, and roughly doubles git pack verification speed in testing.
sam.dev
· 2026-09-21
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