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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And if you agree to their new terms of service (there’s only an accept button when you open the site), you agree it’s not discord’s fault!

    Such innovation.

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    • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This has been going around lately, but the arbitration clause has been in the ToS for at least a year, but probably since the beginning. Not saying it is a good thing, but it is already far too late. The new update just added “resources” for arbitration. You know, arbitrators that are paid by Discord

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  • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What idiot provided an ID to a Chinese company?

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    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To any social media company?

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      • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Touché

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    • bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Doesn’t the UK require that shit now?

      And I know a bunch of US states require it when you stumble on a tit.

      Either way, VPNs making bank right now.

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      • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Apparently so but yeah I ain’t playing these games. VPN should always be used nowadays for everything

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not about the individual behavior though and shaming someone for this doesn’t change anything. If you have a wildly popular social media network, thousands/millions of people will provide their ID if requested. This is all on Discord for not keeping the IDs safe and for asking for them in the first place.

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      • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Their business is farming idiots, if you don’t protect yourself, nobody will

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  • immobile7801@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t remember discord requiring ID, at least in the US. Not that is any better, just didn’t realize ID was required anywhere.

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    • Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Currently 25 states require it. Incidentally 23 of to lowest 25 states allow child marriage. Funny isn’t it?

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    • PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      From theverge.com/…/discord-government-ids-leaked-data… :

      Of the accounts impacted globally, we have identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed, which our vendor used to review age-related appeals.

      So they only demand your ID if they’ve somehow decided that you’re underage and you want to appeal that.

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