Discord is now asking some users to hand over a credit card, a Google Wallet ID or a face scan to prove they are over 18.
The platform says the tests run from June through July 2026 and only hit the small group of users its system cannot age check automatically. The credit card method routes your details through two outside companies. The face and ID method runs through a brand new vendor called Incode.
Discord's last age check vendor was breached in October 2025. Around 70,000 people had their government IDs, names, emails and card details exposed. That breach is why the rollout got pushed back in the first place.
Age verification almost always lands on adult platforms and adult audiences first, then spreads to mainstream apps like this one. Every new check is another database holding your identity and another company you have to trust to protect it. Watch where this goes, because the systems being tested on a chat app today are the same ones lawmakers want pointed at adult sites tomorrow.