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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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[–] -3 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Got it, cancelling my Netflix now, that will show er... discord? Somehow.

I get what you're saying, but I also don't pay for discord, so it's not like they'll care if I disappear.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Discord gets paid for user's data and they just lost a ton of users. That's why they are "cutting ties" with Persona.

    I suspect its more of a temporary reaction and they will reframe this age-verification and the related data collection and try again later.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    This. People seem to think that if they don’t pay for a service or click on ads on social sites, then they aren’t contributing to the company’s revenue. They fail to realize that THEY themselves are the product being sold. The sites/services and the interactions people have on them are merely a byproduct of the business model which is selling people’s data. The only way to win is to not play.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    Yes. I have a hard no for participating willingly in expansion of mass surveillance, censorship and propaganda.

    And that’s ultimately what this move supports. It was no surprise to find out all the shady aspects following the announcement, but I had already burned Discord out of my life the day they announced their genius idea.

    Its my enshittification red line. I will quit your product without hesitation and find another way. I will never go back

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I think you’re missing the point. The idea isn’t that leaving Netflix would affect discord; but rather that we should tie an exodus from discord to the rest of the de-cloud movement.

    In other words, quitting discord won’t solve the root cause of why discord went to shit. The root cause are cartel-like cloud companies that are trying to gain leverage over society as large. The only way to reasonably solve it is to stop participating.

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