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submitted 6 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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[-] Vieric@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

No no next time it'll be a Palantir front

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Is Persona not already a Palantir front?

[-] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

Matrix. Federated and self hostable, open source, supports encryption

[-] Vieric@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

I switched to Matrix (Element client). Works fine but I have my eyes also on Movim (XMPP) https://movim.eu/

[-] msokiovt@lemmy.today -1 points 6 months ago

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 18 points 6 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

60?? I thought he was 67

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Doesn't matter Discord. I deleted my account and the app. Not coming back no matter what.

[-] msokiovt@lemmy.today 0 points 6 months ago

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 points 6 months ago

Peter Thistle??? No way, I am positively shocked I say.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 4 points 6 months ago

@Blaze@piefed.zip sounds like scapegoat...

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yep.

As Vieric said above/below/here, they'll find/setup a proxy

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I’m sure

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