The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
From 2025.
I hope I never gave them that. I had Nitro for a bit, but I don’t think I would have ever willingly gave them that.
So so so so so misleading to post this when this will be interpreted as an event from 2026. Post should be removed IMO.
There’s a 2025 in the title
I get that. I mean, that’s how I knew to come down here and say that it was misleading. But surely we can agree it’s strange to post something a year old on this particular community. especially something like this, that in context of what’s been going on with Discord really makes it seem like fresh news. Like, the 2025 part is only needed because the post is misleading to begin with
But surely we can agree it’s strange to post something a year old on this particular community. especially something like this, that in context of what’s been going on with Discord really makes it seem like fresh news.
Now that Discord has begun rolling out the ID verification that they postponed a few months ago, I think it’s a pretty important reminder. And as was said, the post title specifically says “(2025)”
Hmmm yeah that’s fair. I wasn’t seeing it that way
Stop reading the details a knee jerk with the rest of us nerd
How am I just now hearing about this?
We told you this would happen. We told you this would be the result of “age verification”. As usual, you fucking didn’t listen.
I hope Discord is sued into receivership over this.
Nothing came of this.
Or ever will.
Discord isn’t the one that got hacked and leaked the info, it’s whatever 3rd party they used.
Who the hell cares?
Discord vetted and chose that vendor. They are liable, and as a corporate person, their corporate charter should be revoked until it has served 70,000 sentences of accessory to identity theft.
Unless we are a nation of cowards and weaklings of course. So who are we?
💯, absolutely agree. 3rd party or not it’s completely irrelevant. That personal info is out in the wild and that is the point.
Something tells me they will not face any consequences.
that’s just a feeling, right? there’s no prior experience that could trigger that, right? *nudge, nudge. wink, wink.*
Anyway, miraculously i haven’t been hit with the age-wall yet, bur when i do, Discord will lose a user.
Yeah, it’s a shame this didn’t come 1-2 years earlier before discord got its claws in more stuff. Discord really caught on in my corners of the internet in the last 2 years. Before that, it was just my Minecraft pals. Even creators who freed themselves from the advertising machine by going fan-funded on Patron style sites still use discord to communicate. I hate to see them hit by boycott action against Discord, but if you stand on an archery range, don’t be surprised when you have a bunch of arrows sticking out of your noggin. ¯\(ツ)/¯
I checked and both of my accounts are considered adult apparently, so hopefully they won’t change that in the future for me and that will be the end of that for me.
This is old news. It didn’t happen a second time.
Yeah, they’ve changed. This time they’ll keep the data safe, for realsies, pinky promise. Im sure they even gave their employees a stern talking to!
Discord announced that it’s going to start estimating user ages and using a third-party group to do so, so there is some relevance to it.
First ive heard of it.
Also not trying to be rude but is this Technology or Technology news? Like I keep seeing people post things but if there not like the newest tech, they get downvoted. Im not saying thats incorrect but Id like to know in case I post what the distinction is.
Either way it’s important to convey that this article is old and it didn’t happen a second time.
This makes it sound current.
In my opinion, no, Technology is “the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life”. A data breach is not an application of scientific knowledge in any way.
News are new.
So yes, that response is expectable.It’s funny how few people realize that etymology.
At some point tech turned into a catch all for big app companies, instead of gadgets and the like…
is this Technology or Technology news?
What’s the difference?
I keep seeing people post things but if there not like the newest tech, they get downvoted
Probably just because the vast majority of modern tech news is horrendous and exploitative. Something the users of this platform are attuned to.
“Tech news and articles”.
Since this is purely a news article, it’s of little value a year later, when a more up-to-date article about verification would have more current information.
If it was about how some part of the tech stack worked (“article”) and things hadn’t changed that much, an older article would probably fare better.
Ah gotcha! Thanks. I dont know why I didnt make that connection then.
You should put the year clearly in the title of the post
Its there about a few hours into the post. Might take a bit to propagate all round the fedi.
This article is a year old, but relevant because Discord started doing the verifications again. The plan was never canceled, just delayed to a later news cycle. And this will absolutely happen again because there are no consequences.
Storing raw photos feels like storing plaintext passwords. Hackers have access to your password and your photo now.
lol
Here is a more recent ID verification service breach.
Who could’ve seen that coming?
Certainly not anyone who objected to the practice.
Oh this is gonna be sweet, my photo is of a 1970’s pr0nstar.
This is the fediverse. No one is going to care if use use naughty words.
penus
oh goodness this is exciting
I saw someone in this very community get in trouble for using “the r word” yesterday lol
“Porn” is not a slur. You should be able to tell the difference.
Not all naughty words are slurs, but all slurs are naughty words. You should be able to tell the difference.
Caacaa Doodoo
teehee.
really posting something from last year when the age thing is coming out
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As far as discord is concerned, I’m a proud citizen of Albania now. Much like Eric Adams.
I’m glad you added from 2025 there because otherwise it would have been super deceptive.
I definitely thought it happened again, and I was gonna be like, well that was fast. Like we all know it’s going to happen again, but that would have been extremely fast.
It’s still deceptive. The title should indicate that.
