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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software

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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software

RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 months ago

Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune

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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They didn’t listen at all. We don’t want id verification. Period. Full stop.

Switching from terrible to potentially less terrible isn’t listening.

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