Discord’s Persona Partnership Gets Bad

Concerns Over Discord's Age Verification and Data Security

Discord's Age Verification Experiment

• Concerns regarding Discord's age verification rules have been validated, as the platform disclosed that some users will participate in an experiment involving data sharing with Persona.

• Despite promises to keep user data on-device, it was revealed that Persona had a significant breach due to poor data storage practices, exposing sensitive information.

Breach Details and Implications

• The breach was not a result of hacking but stemmed from an insecure server that revealed its real IP address, leading to potential exposure of user data.

• OpenAI and Persona have been found to maintain a database of watch-listed users, sharing this information for over 18 months without adequate security measures.

Government Surveillance Connections

• Persona is linked to sending identification data to the US government, which uses facial recognition technology to connect individuals with financial records.

• Individuals can be classified as suspicious entities based solely on facial recognition, being screened against various adverse media categories and tracked across multiple lists.