Investigation: OpenAI, US Government, and Persona Surveillance System Links Identity Verification to Federal Reporting
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Summary
The article investigates a surveillance system involving OpenAI, the US government, and identity verification company Persona, which reportedly built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on individuals to federal agencies. The investigation reveals 53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint, 269 verification checks, biometric face databases, and SAR filings to FinCEN. The system appears to connect identity verification for ChatGPT accounts with government surveillance capabilities. Persona's CEO is engaged in correspondence to answer questions about the findings, which include evidence of the OpenAI-watchlistdb.withpersona.com domain with 27 months of certificate transparency history.
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· 5 pulledthe core findings, including openai-watchlistdb.withpersona.com and its 27 months of certificate transparency history, remain unaddressed
53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN
and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account
no laws were broken. all findings come from passive recon using public sources - Shodan, CT logs, DNS, HTTP headers, and unauthenticated files served by t
we are in direct written correspondence with persona's CEO, rick song. he has been responsive and engaged in good faith
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