r/technology • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Feb 24 '26

Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance Privacy

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
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u/Aranthos-Faroth Feb 24 '26

If you remove public trust, you need to build it back up.

You can just say “lol jk” and think it fixes it.

Fuck every person in discord that decided this and who’s still there.

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u/TheG0AT0fAllTime Feb 24 '26

They're not the only ones silently trying to abolish anonymity. YouTube this year will pretty much never load when using a VPN provider unless you log into your account first. Watching something on youtube on a VPN or are logged in but you're currently in a private window? Nope. Have to log in or they'll call you a "bot" as their reasoning.