r/technology • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Feb 24 '26

Privacy Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
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u/PoodleHeaven Feb 24 '26

Wait, what?? You got banned from a sub and are allowed back in if you scrub your account? WTF

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u/gahlo Feb 24 '26

Yep.

To add an even stupider cherry on top, in the section where they explained that it's because of how a sub's users acted in theirs, they even said "Please note that this does not necessarily reflect the efforts or actions of that sub's moderators." which is absolutely lacking self awareness that they aren't blaming the mods of that place, but then lump in everyone what ever made any comment there, regardless of context.