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

[scottwilson@infosec.exchange]

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

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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 distances itself from Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found on a U.S. government server | Fortune

Discord used at least three separate age-verification vendors since October after a third-party vendor breach hit 70,000 users.

Fortune (fortune.com)

[cosmicktrigger@mastodon.social]

@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@zeroes.ca]

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

[dontreportme@mastodon.online]

@scottwilson
Some things got to be too much

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@scottwilson Thank you, journalists!

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

[meigahub@mastodon.social]

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...

[celeste_42bit@infosec.exchange]

@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.

[waldschnecke@chaos.social]

@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/

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@scottwilson No wonder people think popular resistance doesn't work when the press & media landscape goes out of its way every single time to give credit for the results of protests & movements to literally any other reason they can think of...

[technicaladept@techhub.social]

@scottwilson honestly I cancelled my account before I heard that they were getting their age verification from Grandmaster Fash. And cutting ties ain't going to make any difference.

[scottwilson@infosec.exchange]

@celeste_42bit Absolutely. I wonder if Discord thinks people will just come back and use them, just like that?

[scottwilson@infosec.exchange]

@waldschnecke Yeah… I’m afraid you’re right.

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@jwcph
What makes popular resistance successful?

[frugalgamer@snug.moe]

@waldschnecke @scottwilson This is true, but I think we should not discount the effect that user pressure can have on these companies. In today's doomer climate, it is important to keep in mind that we CAN make them change things, and even if it is not perfect, this is still a win.

Keep pushing, everyone. We must let them know that this sort of behavior is unacceptable.

[nuwagaba2@mastodon.social]

@waldschnecke
You're right. They don't care about the users since they see them as tools . As a user who they don't care about. How can i protect myself from beinga victim of their programmes?

[cosmicktrigger@mastodon.social]

@scottwilson

And here's' the thing: I heard people like Thiel want the entire internet to be the panopticon. That you'd need to provide ID and biometrics to even get online...

Except that would run counter to capitalism's goal to maximize profits.

Amazon, Netflix, Etsy, Redbubble, just these off the top of my head would lose MASSIVE profits. We're talking millions of people no longer able to access the internet and therefore millions of lost customers.

I don't see that happening

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@scottwilson satan is throwing ketchup on the walls of hell tonight

[nerde@beige.party]

@scottwilson
Otherwise they have to admit that boycotts work