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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says (2025) (www.bbc.com)
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The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

From 2025.

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[–] 83 points 4 days ago (10 children)

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.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Something tells me they will not face any consequences.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    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)/¯

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  • [+] -6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Discord isn't the one that got hacked and leaked the info, it's whatever 3rd party they used.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    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?

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