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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)
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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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[–] 39 points 8 months ago (4 children)

With guys like this you don't need to find secret surveillance shit, you just need to assume it.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    It's fucking Peter Thiel. They should know he is radioactive.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Tech CEOs don't live in the same world as the rest of us. Maybe when the AI bubble pops they'll finally realise that it might be good idea to have some actual humans working in the company C suite. Rather than repeatedly hiring from the same pod person pool of recycled MBA executives.

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