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@postroutine@framapiaf.org  Β·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

So, Discord have started to experiment the next step of their age verification: Send "age verification" data to the company Persona.

Persona, in which Peter Thiel have investments. Peter Thiel is the founder of Palantir, a data and surveillance company that collaborate with USA federal agencies. Including ICE. (And their is a lot of other things to tell about Thiel.

But wait, there is more about Persona. [1/2]

https://www.eurogamer.net/discord-advises-uk-users-that-they-may-be-part-of-an-experiment-where-instead-of-their-age-verification-data-never-leaving-their-phone-it-will-now-actually-leave-their-phone

#Discord
#Persona
#Surveillance
#Palantir

Eurogamer.net

Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone

UK Discord users have raised concerns about the company's new age verification processes, claiming that while it had or…
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Cyber-Fox πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ™
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@postroutine@framapiaf.org  Β·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Some very clever persons have discovered what Persona do with the data they receive.

Here is a very good article about what they have found:
https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona

I haven't finished to read the article, but it talk about surveillance, watchlist, facial recognition to check if you look like a politically exposed person, check if you are a "terrorist"…

And Persona is used by other services. Like OpenAI. (If I understand correctly, I do not use IA)

[2/2]

#Persona
#OpenAI
#Surveillance

vmfunc.re

the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds

53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.
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