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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts (fortune.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mrmaplebar@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 58 points 8 months ago (1 child)

We should pretty much assume that all age verification efforts either currently are feeding into surveillance efforts, or will be bought out by surveillance companies.

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago*

Exactly. Even if a smaller company is running ID verification now there's a very good chance they'll be bought up by a monster later and take all that data with them.

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