Researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification checks say they discovered an exposed frontend belonging to Persona, the identity-verification vendor used by Discord.
It revealed a far more expansive surveillance and financial intelligence stack than a simple “teen safety” tool. A short while ago we reported that Discord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age. That means anyone would wants to continue using Discord as before would have to let it scan their face—and the internet was far from happy.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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