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

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

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Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 days ago

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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.

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what’s up with linking to reddit just to link to https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/ though?
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  Fixed. Don’t know how I managed to do that.
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    You didn’t fix. I just almost went sheddit.
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  Because I copied the wrong link 🤦‍♂️

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