“Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found tied to U.S. surveillance efforts”

Scott Wilson

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“Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel–backed verification software after people got mad about its ties to U.S. surveillance efforts, and canceled their accounts en masse”

#privacy #discord #DissDiscord

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.

Fortune (fortune.com)

Superstars of the Apocalypse

@scottwilson

That's what I said in response to another post about this. They didn't back down because of the Panopticon-like bullshit, they backed down because of public backlash

harmoniousanger

@scottwilson It's not like they're going to tell us what *works* in the class war.

UserName Aged Badly

@scottwilson
Some things got to be too much

Toni Aittoniemi

@scottwilson Thank you, journalists!

Some things are still working, all hope is not lost.

MeigaHub

Scott Wilson en Mastodon anuncia que Discord ha cortado relaciones con una herramienta de verificación de identidad apoyada por Peter Thiel debido a las preocupaciones de privacidad en masa de los usuarios, quienes cancelaron sus cuentas en desprotesa. #PrivacidadDigital #Discord #OpenSourceAI #Automatizacion #IA #SelfHosting

"Discord termina su colaboración con el software de verificación de identidad respaldado...

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@scottwilson Trust. Broken. Forever.
Fuck you, Discord.

The problem isn't Peter Thiel, per se.
He was just the neo-Nazi cherry on top.
The mass surveillance technique called "age verification" is the actual problem here.

Schneckbert 🐌

@scottwilson We've been shown countless times that capitalistic oriented %anything does not care about users.

I'm sorry to say that, but anyone who believes a word they are saying is a fool, they can't care less what their user-base wants, and the data is already in the databases of persona and palantir.

All they care is to keep the (future) shareholders happy - they plan to IPO.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/discords-ipo-could-happen-in-march/

Wandering Adventure Party

“Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found tied to U.S. surveillance efforts”