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Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say (www.malwarebytes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Ascrod@midwest.social to c/technology@midwest.social

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From the article: Researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification checks say they discovered an exposed frontend belonging to Persona, the identity-verification vendor used by Discord. It revealed a far more expansive surveillance and financial intelligence stack than a simple “teen safety” tool.

Researchers' findings (sound warning): https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona

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[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh No! I'm shocked.

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