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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year. From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

techdirt.comHackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

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No Fun Berg

@nofunberg.com

3 Sept

@govpritzker.illinois.gov This is why people complain that forcing ID for websites is a problem. How many times does this need to happen before our leadership takes privacy advocates seriously?

Death Metal but Good

@californiasober.bsky.social

5 Sept

Seems like it is working exactly as intended.

Sandro

@sandro.eurosky.social

4 Sept

Cool cool. So any consequences, like arresting their leadership and fining and suing them out of existence, or do we just all have to shrug and move on?

outofcontent.bsky.social

@outofcontent.bsky.social

5 Sept

They will get bonuses and promotions. The rich don’t fail in America.