• Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say Researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification checkssay they discoveredan 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. • A short while ago we reported thatDiscord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age. • That means anyone would wants to continue using Discord as before would have to let it scan their face-and the internet was far from happy. • To analyze these scans, Discord uses biometric identity verification start-up Persona Identities, Inc. • a venture that offers Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions that rely on biometric identity checks to estimate a user’s age.

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  • 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. A short while ago we reported that Discord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age. That means anyone would wants to continue using Discord as before would have to let it scan their face-and the internet was far from happy. To analyze these scans, Discord uses biometric identity veri

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