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Most likely there's some huge breach where all the IDs are stolen and resold, which would maybe fix this problem while creating a bunch of others.
by frollogaston 4mo ago
Most likely there's some huge breach where all the IDs are stolen and resold, which would maybe fix this problem while creating a bunch of others.
- downrightmike 4mo agoDiscord Wants Your Government ID. They Just Leaked 70,000 of Them. The company that lost thousands of government IDs to hackers now wants face scans from everyone. https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/discord-age-verification-id-biometric-privacy-2026/ https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/discord-age-verificatio...
- tqi 4mo agoI think public perception is have already had numerous leaks (Equifax, yahoo, etc) without any real negative effects, so these warnings come off as alarmist. It's a hard argument to win because a) its impossible to concretely attribute scams to a data leak and b) most people think they would be immune to scammers. Meanwhile, it's easy to point to the problems this would fix.