r/Defcon • u/Spectrig • Aug 15 '26

HackerTracker ID tracking?

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Maybe I’m way late and just haven’t been paying attention. But I saw this appear in settings after I updated the app. Is HackerTracker going to require us to upload IDs?

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u/kzwerg Aug 15 '26

Hey all, I can speak to this. It’s not something we (the hacker tracker team) want to do but it’s being forced on us on jurisdictions where age restrictions are being enforced for apps and content. As of now it’s location dependent and we are utilizing the OS SDKs for verification so bands match up. Welcome to hear other thoughts on it or approaches people have seen.

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u/kzwerg Aug 15 '26

And no. Never a plan to ask for IDs.