OH: Discord putting age verification in place for 18+ channels is a repetition of the Tumblr Pron Exodus. Once they banned it they made the internet worse for everyone as it was a containment zone. Now it is happening again with Discord.

#Discord #OH #Tumblr #AgeVerification

OH: Discord putting age verification in place for 18+ channels is a repetition of the Tumblr Pron Exodus. Once they banned it they made the internet worse for everyone as it was a containment zone. Now it is happening again with Discord.

#Discord #OH #Tumblr #AgeVerification

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

•••
No no no, Fortune! Let me help you with a rewrite:
•••

“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

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

More good #discord news: they're postponing their age verification plans until the second half of 2026. Until then, they want to provide transparency on the age inference model, add a new type of "spoiler" channel (so server owners won't need to use age restricted channels for discussing spoiling content), and disclose details on all contractors they work with and what data gets transferred to them.

Sounds promising to me.

https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing

More good #discord news: they're postponing their age verification plans until the second half of 2026. Until then, they want to provide transparency on the age inference model, add a new type of "spoiler" channel (so server owners won't need to use age restricted channels for discussing spoiling content), and disclose details on all contractors they work with and what data gets transferred to them.

Sounds promising to me.

https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing

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

•••
No no no, Fortune! Let me help you with a rewrite:
•••

“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

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

YES! This is AMAZING! 🎉

Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!

IT WORKS! ✊🔒

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/discord-just-canceled-its-planned-age-verification-rollout-for-now/

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Discord #PrivacyWin

Good news: #discord is no longer contracting Persona for age verification.

"Both Persona and Discord confirmed to Fortune their partnership lasted for less than a month and has since dissolved. According to Discord, only a small number of users were part of this test, in which any information submitted could be stored for up to seven days before it would be deleted."

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

Good news: #discord is no longer contracting Persona for age verification.

"Both Persona and Discord confirmed to Fortune their partnership lasted for less than a month and has since dissolved. According to Discord, only a small number of users were part of this test, in which any information submitted could be stored for up to seven days before it would be deleted."

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

My wife and I have literally used #Discord daily (yes, not a single day skipped) for the last ~8 years of us being together, and I myself have used it for several years more to game with friends/my brothers. The reason why my wife and I use it daily tho is bcos it allows to stay connected without initiating a call or wtv - we just have a channel for the two of us, and we could hop in or out the audio channel at any time, no need to accept a call, etc.

We also used it for streaming/screen sharing when she wanted to watch me game and whatnot, but obviously we haven't needed that for some time now. Anyway, for this reason, I just don't think there's any one-to-one replacement for Discord - which is bizarre considering how long they've existed, and how long they've been extremely popular. Regardless tho, the moment Discord starts asking either of us to verify our identity or wtv - it's over, cos no way in hell that's happening.

Hey #mastodon !

With #discord doing its age verification thing, where are your communities migrating?

#matrix ? #discourse ? Anywhere else?

When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

I really think that the media should start distinguishing between "hacking" and "clicking on [Accept] to download completly unprotected files".

#Persona #Discord #DataLeak #Hacking

I really think that the media should start distinguishing between "hacking" and "clicking on [Accept] to download completly unprotected files".

#Persona #Discord #DataLeak #Hacking

So, Discord have started to experiment the next step of their age verification: Send "age verification" data to the company Persona.

Persona, in which Peter Thiel have investments. Peter Thiel is the founder of Palantir, a data and surveillance company that collaborate with USA federal agencies. Including ICE. (And their is a lot of other things to tell about Thiel.

But wait, there is more about Persona. [1/2]

https://www.eurogamer.net/discord-advises-uk-users-that-they-may-be-part-of-an-experiment-where-instead-of-their-age-verification-data-never-leaving-their-phone-it-will-now-actually-leave-their-phone

#Discord
#Persona
#Surveillance
#Palantir

Age verification is not en never was about protecting children. It's about mass surveillance.

"Once a user verifies their identity with Persona, the software performs 269 distinct verification checks and scours the internet and government sources for potential matches, such as by matching your face to politically exposed persons (PEPs), and generating risk and similarity scores for each individual. IP addresses, browser fingerprints, device fingerprints, government ID numbers, phone numbers, names, faces, and even selfie backgrounds are analyzed and retained for up to three years."

https://www.therage.co/persona-age-verification/

#AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Persona #Thiel #ChatControl #Discord