Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

The Discord Hack is Every User’s Worst Nightmare

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The Discord Hack is Every User’s Worst Nightmare

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online.

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every user worst nightmare is joining discord with non-temp email, like a rube.

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