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Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 6 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 5 points 48 minutes ago

Wooooowwwww. It’s being used for exactly what said it would be~

I know a lot if us are not even surprised the least, but i hope some of the head-in-the-sand naysayer motherfuckers wake up and learn something.

When they say the images wont leave your computer. Its because they converted it to facial geometry. They dont want the images because they take too much storage.

When they say they will delete it after processing, processing includes sending a copy to whoever else theyve agreed to share it with. Palantir, im sure here, maybe through an intermediary data broker.

I deleted my discord account immediately when the news of this face-check-age-check broke

[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Why is he obsessed with Antichrist? He is gay. Does he think the extreme Christians will think he is one of them?

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 57 minutes ago

He's a charlatan.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'll leave this here.

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/212500837-How-to-Delete-your-Discord-Account

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 hour ago

Thank you, that was just very useful. Deleted. One more gone.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago

AI is fascism.

anyone who supports AI is a Mitläufer.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 33 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

More and more things we give away because parents can't be bothered to parent their kids. This is exactly how they win by slowly chiseling away our perceived rights until there is nothing left. I'll certainly not participate in any Internet that requires me to shed my anonymity.

[–] hamFoilHat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Okay, this has nothing to do with parents parenting their kids. It has 100% to do with the perception that the internet is dangerous and using that perception to collect information about people. That's what they want, to put a name and face to all interpersonal interactions so they can use them for marketing and law enforcement.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 59 minutes ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago)

Social media converted half of Americans into nazis in about a decade and elected Trump twice. If you don’t think the internet is dangerous, you’re not paying attention.

That said, it’s easy to keep kids off instagram and TikTok without spying. Simply require devices to which children have access to be sold without access to half the internet. Problem solved.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.world 55 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

So age verfication to protect the children or to create a menu?

[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

They've been telling "It's for the kids" but it all makes sense now

[–] Lag@piefed.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

To scramble and divide any organized communication just like they did Twitter and other social media.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago

TikTok is owned by nazis right now and you want kids to have access to it going forward?

[–] BoiLudens@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Making the move to matrix, and hey it isn’t half bad. Convenience is a hard habit to break

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

Convenience as in "it's what I've always used and I understand it" or are you noticing some awkward aspects?

[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 41 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Never forget that Peter Thiel knows about the antichrist

[–] redsand 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Because it's him? That would explain all the kids he raped with Epstein and Maxwell. And being friends with Elon Musk.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] redsand 3 points 3 hours ago

I'm not really religious but that piece of reading has bothered me for years. I've yet to spot watchers in sack cloth though

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It also seems he can't shut up about the Antichrist, too.

Spoilers: Its always whoever he doesn't like that's been in the news the most this week.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A note to that, Thiel always says it's someone who expresses empathy, compassion, or other similar sentiment.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

A note to that, Thiel always says it’s someone who expresses empathy, compassion, or other similar sentiment.

Yes, the ""Sin"" of empathy.

There are people who've wrapped 'anti-woke' in bible verses and claim that empathy can be a sin.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

The Panoptocon's actual architect was Bentham, but OK.