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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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[โ€“] mawmon@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Smoke and mirrors mate. Hard agree though, it all goes into storage to weaponise later.

[โ€“] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Bad thing is we're not immune in Lemmy. Sometimes I wonder if my 900 security counter measures ever leak. I tried to go to a site to test it one time, but my features were so tight that I couldn't even load the test page. At least it's worth less to them than data off Facebook with some anonymity.