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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 282 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, that can't be right. Forced use of photo ID for age verification couldn't possibly lead to leakage of said IDs. The purity police assured us!

[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

think of the children!!!!!! :< :< :< :< :<

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

Coincidentally an alarming lot of people that impose pure bullshit on us seems to think of the children a tad too much.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I know right! Now we got their IDs too! :D

/s

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 114 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I knew this was gonna happen

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 47 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Candidly, I did not expect it so soon.

[–] OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I am honestly surprised it took this long for a company to get hacked(surprised it was discord though).

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're not the first. The first one happened in the same week the digital safety act was put in place

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Noe that makes more sense.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was thinking that, you'd think they'd strike once the pot is a little larger.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And you didn't tell Discord??

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I am surprised it took this long. Probably happening since day one and just now getting reported.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

Even if it wasn't, they would sold your data to someone anyways, MEta being obivous

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 103 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Lol I thought they were supposed to delete the ID images once confirmed

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 57 points 3 weeks ago

"Haha, and you believed us" -Discord

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

But the ai training lol

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

FTA: The IDs leaked were from people appealing age verification.

That's different from the age verification process, which goes through a third party provider.

In short, the leaked IDs were from a standard shitty support platform (Zendesk, Salesforce, etc), not the much-advertised "safe and private" age verification system.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

Very first question in FAQ:

Q: Does Discord or k-ID keep my selfie data?

A: Discord only logs the k-ID age verification results used to unlock your account—it doesn’t save your selfie image. For questions about k-ID’s processes, please contact k-ID.

So they are going to blame someone else.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 88 points 3 weeks ago

Official statement from Discord: "Oopse woopse we did a fucky wucky. Sue us hahaha you won't"

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the "Tea" app leak happened right before these age-verification rules started popping up everywhere. It's obvious cause and effect, but it was also demonstrated RIGHT before.

Don't put your hand on a hot stove, especially after watching someone burn their hand on that hot stove.

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[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish I could convince my giant discord community to go anywhere else. It's so fucking hard. I've built IRC networks and a matrix server. I host every fediverse app imaginable. I hate being attached to this company and my income being reliant on it.

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Back in the day when our community was switching from xmpp to discord, our solution was to write a bot on either end that relayed messages from one to the other. The xmpp bot got more and more naggy over time until eventually we put the xmpp side in read-only for everyone except the relay bot. It did a good enough job at building momentum to switch that the final holdouts came over when we went r/o.

You might consider building something similar if you want to make a genuine effort to switch to matrix or IRC. A relay bot solves the problem of the first people being punished by virtue of being first.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

Its a good suggestion and something I've considered. Unfortunately we're using conduit as our server and that type of integration doesn't seem to work well outside of synapse. That said I know some people have gotten it working I just need to dig a little deeper. It's a chore for sure but it seems like the only path forward.

[–] rando@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I really wish there was a good competitor to Discord. I have not found one that has the same screen sharing feature. Revolt (now Stoat) gets close but lacks the screen sharing - something me and my friends use a lot. They are adding this soon so hopefully it is good

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Now more than ever people will have to choose between privacy and comfort. And not to be a dick, but now more than ever, people choosing comfort are fucking over people who choose privacy.

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[–] 9limmer@piefed.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

Matrix or Jitsi with Lemmy or any popular forum software would be my suggestion. More secure and private but require some technical knowledge.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Revolt (Stoat?) is alright, but good luck getting people to join there lol, Discord is the only thing people are willing to join

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Matrix, XMPP, GNU-Jami & SimpleX

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

None of those come close to the features Discord has.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

that has the same screen sharing feature

Uhm, yeah, it's a chat app, not a screen-sharing app.

[–] CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Screen-sharing is part of chat apps nowadays. You're fully within your rights to stay on IRC and pretend that featureful chat is not the norm these days, but that doesn't mean society is going to move to IRC with you. Like it or not, encrypted chat apps have to become even more usable for the average person for adoption to go up. This reminds me of how all the old Linux-heads insisted that gaming was for children and that Linux didn't need gaming. Suddenly now that Linux has gaming, adoption is going way up - what a coincidence.

Edit: Also for the record, I have a tech-savvy friend who refuses to move to Signal until there are custom emoji reactions, of all things. You can definitely direct your ire towards these people, but the reality is some people have a certain comfort target, and convincing them to settle for less is often harder than improving the app itself.

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[–] prex@aussie.zone 27 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 weeks ago

I am jack's complete lack of surprise

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party,” the company says.

So, not Discord but a 3rd party company that handle Discord's customer service, and if you didn't use their customer service then you're not affected.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

So, Discord - by forcing your acceptance of their tos which renders them immune from damages done by "third parties*

By offloading a term of service that Discord requires you to provide.

If they force you to give the info, they are responsible for handling and storing it properly, no matter what some evil lawyer or exec says.

If laws make bad things legal because rich people can use words, then there needs to be some form of redress to return the spirit of the laws to the people.

Maybe we all make usernames with a legally binding personal ToS that is deemed agreed upon by the corporation accepting the username.

This is just a shell game and they are conmen.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Moral of the story, never ask for help.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago

So they kept the images illegally, hm?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 17 points 3 weeks ago

Update photos set deleted=1 where id=553468863

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

*gasp*

surprisedpikachu.jpeg

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This was kind of breach so predictable even surprisedpikachu.txt isn't enough, but it must be done.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 3 weeks ago

put the pikachu part in code so it'll render monospaced ;)

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[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago

Can someone please send this to Keir Starmer with the subject like "Look what you did".

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

Best part:

The unauthorized party gained access to “information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & Safety teams”

[–] echo@lemmy.tf 12 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes, another reason not to give me ID to these tech companies. Anyone that demands my ID online can go fuck themselves while I find a replacement service.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Crazy, that thing I said would happen finally happened.

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[–] maam@feddit.uk 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

More people need to use matrix and xmpp instead!

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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I tried getting my friends to move to any other chat client but the thing that keeps them on discord is the screen share. Like it or not, this feature is what's locking people in as a one stop shop game streaming chat.

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