Discord Distances Itself from Persona Verification Software After Code Found on Government Server
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Summary
Discord is facing scrutiny after researchers discovered that Persona Identities, an identity verification software it used, had front-end code publicly accessible on a U.S. government server. The exposed files revealed that Persona conducts extensive verification checks including facial recognition against watchlists, screening for politically exposed persons, and 269 distinct verification checks. Discord has since distanced itself from the Peter Thiel-backed software and has used multiple age-verification vendors following a previous third-party breach affecting 70,000 users.
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Nearly 2,500 accessible files were found sitting on a U.S. government-authorized endpoint, researchers said on X.
The files showed Persona conducted facial recognition checks against watchlists and screened identities against lists of politically exposed persons.
In addition to verifying a user's age, researchers found Persona performs 269 distinct verification checks, including screening for 'adverse media'.
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