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3 Hackers Just Exposed The Truth Behind Age Checks (media.fedia.io)

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The age checks countries are trying to add will just send all the data to the US.

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 41 points 10 hours ago

Firm that verifies mugshots for ChatGPT and Roblox feeds US surveillance apparatus with 269 distinct checks

Every selfie or ID you upload to ChatGPT, Roblox, LinkedIn, and many other sites for verification is handled by a San Francisco firm called Persona. A massive leak has exposed its other side – a platform capable of feeding the US government with 269 sophisticated surveillance checks on millions of users worldwide.

A security researcher at vmfunc.re, who goes by the alias Celeste, discovered exposed infrastructure belonging to Persona, the identity verification company used by ChatGPT and other major services.

Persona also runs a platform authorized by FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program), offering federal agencies “to verify users’ identities” in over 200 countries, detect fraud, and ensure regulatory compliance.”

Celeste claims they obtained the entire dashboard codebase from the ONYX government deployment “app.onyx.withpersona-gov.com,” which was left unprotected and publicly exposed.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

Not saying this is false, but can you send a link to an article that discusses this? The man in the video didn't.

[-] BlueLagoon@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 hours ago

It's in the article in the original post.

https://cybernews.com/privacy/persona-leak-exposes-global-surveillance-capabilities/

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 hours ago

It's in the body of the this post, kind of hidden: https://cybernews.com/privacy/persona-leak-exposes-global-surveillance-capabilities/

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago

My bad! I didn't see that, sorry.

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