discord got caught up in age verification laws (UK online safety act, australia's under-16 ban) so they started collecting government IDs and face scans from users to prove their age
they outsourced the manual ID review to a third party called 5CA
in october 2025 a group called Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters hit 5CA and walked away with ~1.5TB of data. claimed over 2.1 million government ID photos from 5.5 million users
discord confirmed at least 70,000 people had their passport/driver's license photos exposed
5CA then denied they ever handled IDs and denied being hacked. cool
this is what happens when you force platforms to hoard sensitive biometric data just to let people use an app
@XFox_FireX@WumpusCentral "Why do you care about your free speech, its not like you use it"
I like privacy. Discord is as secure as an old screen door. It leaks often.
@ChibiReviews It fell off for me because they kinda erased what attracted me to the show.
I loved the anti hero aspect to it, he was hated by everyone and constantly needed to prove himself. It was refreshing.
Then it just because generic slop.
@ClareONeilMP And what have you guys done for us?
besides being 6 years going on 7 into hell atm?
"Well at least we're not as bad as the people we're trying to demonise!"
"Free speech to only those i want to ALLOW to hear from"
Well Thats not free speech These people vote. Free speech is you are free to say what you wish, even if it may offend, or challenge peoples views. And you use YOUR speech to argue back. Not applaud when someone is silenced
There is a difference in Free speech & people spreading lies, misinformation and bullshit!
One would think you would know the difference after being involved in media for so long....
But it seems you don't....
You think interviewing Cookers & Crackpots is your new career.....
Too bad they aren't interviews if you don't question what they say!
@Ozzytourer@karlstefanovic@elonmusk ..no there isn't?
Free speech is literally FREE SPEECH, they are allowed to say what they like & if you wish to claim what they say is false..You use your WORDS back. Rather than Deplatform them, or silence them.
Idiot.
@QBCCIntegrity@grok@elonmusk Grok (Among a few Ai's) doesn't really take in information & just public opinion, Grok is probably the worst Ai model to factcheck crap because its wrong so often.
So that opinion is probably because it has seen it spammed on twitter & feels it is fact.