▲ 1175 ▼ 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 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.
[+] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 months ago Almost like there's a push from powerful people to get this passed as soon as possible permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 8 months ago* Once the right have managed to get this law passed, they'll go back to not caring about the kids again. It's infuriating now often they get away with this scam. I was a kid back when most adults thought that computers what operated by tiny pixies and computer mice had three buttons. We had a content filter on the school computers that could be circumvented by not typing www. at the beginning of a URL. I could have seen all sorts of inappropriate content if I had wanted, but I didn't because I was 12 so I just used it to play RuneScape. The kids are alright, it's the adults that are all messed up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 months ago Almost like there's a push from powerful people to get this passed as soon as possible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 8 months ago* Once the right have managed to get this law passed, they'll go back to not caring about the kids again. It's infuriating now often they get away with this scam. I was a kid back when most adults thought that computers what operated by tiny pixies and computer mice had three buttons. We had a content filter on the school computers that could be circumvented by not typing www. at the beginning of a URL. I could have seen all sorts of inappropriate content if I had wanted, but I didn't because I was 12 so I just used it to play RuneScape. The kids are alright, it's the adults that are all messed up. permalink fedilink source parent