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| 1. Author: DBP Date: Wed 8th Oct 2025. 17:56 So that’s discord (very popular online chat and video messaging service) now reporting that their user’s data has been hacked. Not only does this include usernames, email, billing information, the last four digits of credit card numbers, IP addresses, messages with customer support… …but thanks to the uk’s ridiculous online safety bill - for uk users, it also includes age verification data they had to upload, I.e, their government official ID such as their driving licence or passport Not unexpected, but do feel sorry for those who complied, and now find that the online safety bill has actually had the complete opposite effect! Reply |
| 2. Author: red-star-par Date: Wed 8th Oct 2025. 20:26 I reckon that in the next couple of years pretty much everything anyone has ever done online will be in the public domain, all their personal details, all financial details, every internet search they have done, every conversation that they have had with AI, every conversation they have ever had with anyone, every photo they have ever uploaded. Everyone will know everything about everyone Reply |
| 3. Author: Andrew283 Date: Thu 9th Oct 2025. 10:34 Use the Internet without a VPN at your own peril now I guess Reply |
| 4. Author: sadindiefreak Date: Thu 9th Oct 2025. 10:50 Andrew283, Thu 9 Oct 10:34 Surely the only thing a VPN would have stopped them getting in this instance is the IP address. Reply |
| 5. Author: DBP Date: Thu 9th Oct 2025. 12:29 If you present from a different country, then their age verification stuff may not have kicked in? I haven’t been asked for any age verification because I now set my vpn to a third country (used to just set it as uk), but any company that asks me to upload my passport to let me chat (for example) will be instantly unsubscribe from Reply |
| 6. Author: Wotsit Date: Thu 9th Oct 2025. 14:24 Yip, I will never be uploading my passport to any website that`s not an airline or the UK government. If they need it for me to use their service then I just won`t use the service. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 7. Author: DBP Date: Fri 10th Oct 2025. 08:10 Reported in bbc that it’s about 70,000 photo IDs, and it was actually a targeted attack on the firm that discord use to help verify the ages of their users as opposed to discord itself This is one the firms who are experts in cyber security, and as we’re being told, will be making sure all our IDs and data will be safe Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 10th Oct 2025. 13:15 Isn`t age verification only on porn websites? If so, what kind of stuff are you watching that you`re worried about a breach? 😂 I`d be more concerned about all the data Tesco have thanks to "clubcard prices". Reply |
| 9. Author: DBP Date: Fri 10th Oct 2025. 16:50 Not at all just porn sites… case in point discord is a chat site you use to speak to pals when gaming Microsoft bringing in the same for their chat features Reply |
| 10. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 10th Oct 2025. 20:54 My eldest uses Discord. I don`t recall him having to evidence his age. Is it only for those declaring themselves to be over 18? Obviously the way around it is a simple VPN. As far as Brian`s concerned, I`m in Norway 😉 Reply |
| 11. Author: parsfan Date: Fri 10th Oct 2025. 23:17 I saw something earlier today where people who were using a specific VPN, Modpro, were having their bank accounts cleared out. - Sign up to a VPN, probably free. - Send all your traffic through them. - Be surprised when all your secret financial details have been exploited (by some free service you found on the internet). Nothing against VPNs, just remember they can be another attack vector for criminals. Be careful folks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The universe is ruled by chance and indifference  Reply |
| 12. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 11th Oct 2025. 08:11 Think the only age verification Ive had to provide was for a poker site - GGPoker, who still refuse me to play after sending numerous bank statements etc. If the hackers got in they would realise I didn’t have a penny to pay them anyway 😂 Reply |
| 13. Author: DBP Date: Sat 11th Oct 2025. 16:44 Wouldn’t trust free vpns, anymore than I’d trust Wi-Fi hotspots you get from pubs, trains etc Reply |
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