ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says (www.bbc.com)
from nemeski@mander.xyz to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 09 Oct 14:35
https://mander.xyz/post/39598305

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TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca on 09 Oct 14:40 next collapse

I don’t use Discord very much. Why do they have ID photos?

VonReposti@feddit.dk on 09 Oct 14:43 next collapse

Age verification. Why? Because some politicians have a boner for control.

devfuuu@lemmy.world on 09 Oct 16:58 collapse

The boner is for something else, since they can’t stop talking about the “children”.

drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works on 09 Oct 14:44 next collapse

I think is is related to the new age verification systems. Everyone was saying this is a bad idea but governments are basically making it required for some of these services.

kbal@fedia.io on 09 Oct 14:56 next collapse

They bought into the "age verification" scam.

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works on 09 Oct 16:00 collapse

The UK - along with several US states - is enforcing a bunch of age verification bullshit to “protect the children.” Not that the tech companies have pushed back on this in the slightest; they love that it let’s them collect more data on users. But they couldn’t get away with it if it wasn’t a legal requirement.

floofloof@lemmy.ca on 09 Oct 15:13 next collapse

From Discord’s age verification page, under “Privacy and Data Security”:

Q: Is my data stored when I use Face Scan or Scan ID verification?

A: Discord and k-ID do not permanently store personal identity documents or your video selfies. The image of your identity document and the ID face match selfie are deleted directly after your age group is confirmed, and the video selfie used for facial age estimation never leaves your device.

…discord.com/…/30326565624343-How-to-Complete-Age…

archive.is/FBqo5

So is that a lie?

JoMiran@lemmy.ml on 09 Oct 15:31 next collapse

So is that a lie?

It always was and it will always be. Data is the real commodity and Discord had no intention of wasting it when they could profit from it. This applies to ALL “free” products offered by corporations. You are and have always been the product.

vollkorntomate@infosec.pub on 09 Oct 15:35 next collapse

I wonder if they could face legal consequences for this

devfuuu@lemmy.world on 09 Oct 16:58 collapse

Companies suffer no consequences and nobody goes to jail for destroying real people’s lifes. It’s how businesses work. Do it and apologize later motto or something like that. At best some small fine.

OwlPaste@lemmy.world on 09 Oct 17:11 collapse

is this not from the stolen support tickets? some of which were related to id verification? 70k users is a very low number for discord.

henfredemars@infosec.pub on 09 Oct 15:31 next collapse

Well that doesn’t seem very secure. It’s almost like this is more about liability and regulation rather than actual security.

hypnicjerk@lemmy.world on 09 Oct 15:42 next collapse

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Oct 15:54 next collapse

Wow really? The thing that everyone was warning the dumbass tech-illiterate politicians who pushed this bullshit law through would happen, happened? Wow I am just so incredibly shocked, who could have foreseen this coming, apart from everyone?

Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Oct 20:11 next collapse

lol didn’t take long

net00@lemmy.today on 09 Oct 23:20 next collapse

What pisses me off the most is that people can get life-long troubles from leaks like these. Identity theft, scams, etc. Yet these fuckers only say “we sorry” and that’s it.

I just now dug up my discord account and nuked it. They won’t see me using their shit again. Thankfully I’ve not given them any ID or data.

QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works on 09 Oct 23:28 collapse

They lied then They said they weren’t saving the pics, deleting them when verification was done.

I wish there was a Discord alternative

RiceBowl@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Oct 00:14 collapse

Revolt is an option. But it needs people and communities.

prex@aussie.zone on 10 Oct 01:01 collapse

Is revolt an online platform or a general instruction?