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ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 days ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

The UK - along with several US states - is enforcing a bunch of age verification bullshit to "protect the children." Not that the tech companies have pushed back on this in the slightest; they love that it let's them collect more data on users. But they couldn't get away with it if it wasn't a legal requirement.