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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 1h

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · Jun 18

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 1h

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 17h

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 20h

• ICO (the UK Information Commissioner’s Office) is assessing Discord’s report.

More here: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Hack of age verification firm may have exposed 70,000 Discord users’ ID photos

Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken

www.theguardian.com

SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 20h

🚨 Discord AV Breach Update:

• Guardian reporting confirms ~70,000 government ID photos tied to Discord age-appeals may have been exposed after a third-party vendor was hacked.

• Names, emails, IPs and some support messages may also have been accessed; the attacker attempted to extort the vendor.

SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 One of the worst-case scenarios for mandatory ID verification is already happening.

A Discord data breach just exposed user info connected to age checks, the same kind of data governments and platforms want everyone to hand over.

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 2d

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

Update: The GENIUS Act is now law, giving stablecoins their first clear federal framework. ✅

The broader crypto market, though, is still in limbo. The CLARITY Act could fix that… if it survives the Senate. ⚖️

SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Crypto Week is back on track.

Today, the House passed a 215 - 211 vote to advance 3 major crypto bills:

🗞️ The GENIUS Act
🗞️ The CLARITY Act
🗞️ The Anti-CBDC Act

Here’s what just happened, and why it’s a big deal. 🧵

#crypto #cryptoweek #CLARITYact #GENIUSAct

SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

🔒 Privacy is safety.

Age verification laws don’t protect people, they create new databases of highly sensitive info waiting to be hacked, leaked, or abused.

If you care about safety, fight against mandatory ID checks online!

Read more here: www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data

The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk.

www.pcgamer.com

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

Remember the Tea app leak? ☕️

That breach exposed users’ ID photos, tax forms, and even home addresses.

Now imagine that, but for millions of users forced to upload IDs for “safety.”

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

💀 Once this info leaks, it’s not just embarrassing… it’s dangerous.

• Real names linked to adult accounts
• Doxxing & blackmail
• Outing queer users & performers
• Permanent loss of privacy

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

If this can happen to a company the size of Discord, imagine what will happen when every adult site is required by law to collect that same data just so users can watch legal adult content.

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

🔓 Reports say internal docs and user data tied to Discord’s age-verification system were compromised.

That means people’s government IDs, face scans, and recovery info could now be in the wild.

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SpankChain @spankchain.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 One of the worst-case scenarios for mandatory ID verification is already happening.

A Discord data breach just exposed user info connected to age checks, the same kind of data governments and platforms want everyone to hand over.

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