Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.
Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
19 Comments
Vieric@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 198d
In a few months they will try again with "a completely different and 100% trusted group with no ties whatsoever to Persona and/or Peter Thiel". By which I mean the exact same fucking company acting through a proxy. Don't let this theater prevent you from leaving to a better platform. It's still coming, they just want to wait for people to get complacent again.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 198d
No no next time it'll be a Palantir front
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 198d
Is Persona not already a Palantir front?
AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 198d
What's the better platform that everyone should leave to? I looked into Stoat the other day but its obvious they aren't currently equipped to handle the influx of traffic they're getting, and a lot of dev work still needs to be done.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 198d
Matrix. Federated and self hostable, open source, supports encryption
Vieric@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d
Matrix would be my own, personal suggestion as well. I didn't name names in my original comment because I didn't want anyone to feel pigeonholed into something, the most important thing right now is simply getting yourselves safe if you need to. But yes, if you want a suggestion, Matrix is probably the best idea for all the reasons above. Plus, you are free to use any Matrix supported client, I admit pickings are a little slim in terms of variety on the front of clients atm, there are a few but they are functionally largely identical currently. But hopefully that will change in time, faster if the standard gets more popular.
chasteinsect@programming.dev · 6 pts · 198d
I switched to Matrix (Element client). Works fine but I have my eyes also on Movim (XMPP) https://movim.eu/
RalfWausE@feddit.org · 0 pts · 198d
Mikina@programming.dev · 4 pts · 198d
You can stream video and voice over IRC?
RalfWausE@feddit.org · -1 pts · 198d
whatsisface@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 198d
That's like half the reason people use discord.
RalfWausE@feddit.org · -1 pts · 198d
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 197d
There's like a million options for text only chats. The reason discord is popular is that it has voice and video calls, screen sharing, and text chat. Most people don't want to need 3 or 4 different programs with 3 or 4 different accounts to use those features.
That is the appeal of discord, and there are very few options that offer a similar, seamless experience. It is (moving towards was) the "right tool for the job" for all of those features, all in a single tool.
msokiovt@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 198d
They can kiss my producer's butt, as he's left Discord in 2020. He seemingly saw the writing on the wall for that, but had no clue at the time.
entwine@programming.dev · 17 pts · 198d
Peter Thiel is a creepy weirdo who injects himself with the blood of young people in an attempt to reverse aging.
That means it's very important that you find and spread unflattering photos that highlight the fact that he's almost 60 years old.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 2 pts · 198d
60?? I thought he was 67
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 198d
Doesn't matter Discord. I deleted my account and the app. Not coming back no matter what.
msokiovt@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 198d
My producer already ditched it in 2020, seeing the writing on the wall. I never got a Discord account, and this was partly the reason why.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 4 pts · 198d
Peter Thistle??? No way, I am positively shocked I say.
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 3 pts · 198d
@Blaze@piefed.zip sounds like scapegoat...
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 198d
Yep.
As Vieric said above/below/here, they'll find/setup a proxy
fox2263@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d
Yeah I’m sure