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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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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's fucking Peter Thiel. They should know he is radioactive.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They probably did, but didn't care. They only started "caring" because it made the news

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Yup, but some companies gotta learn the hard way that you can't snake people like that and expect them to come back.