how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds
Persona’s API documentation (docs.withpersona.com) is public. when a customer like OpenAI runs a government ID verification, the API returns a complete identity dossier [...] Persona’s own case study states that OpenAI “screens millions monthly” and “automatically screens over 99% of users behind the scenes in seconds.”
on a normal deployment this is just a bad practice. on a FedRAMP-authorized government endpoint it’s CATASTROPHIC. the source maps don’t just contain variable names and line numbers, they contain the entire original source via sourcesContent. you can JSON.parse() the map file, iterate sourcesContent, and you have the full project tree reconstructed on disk. that’s what we did. no decompilation, no reverse engineering, no leet skills needed.
so you uploaded a selfie to use a chatbot. congratulations!!! it’s now being compared against a database of every politician, head of state, and their extended family tree on earth. similarity scored. low, medium, high. the machine looked at your face and asked itself: “does this person resemble the deputy finance minister of moldova?” and it answered. and it wrote the answer down.
we found this and had to read it three times before we believed the code was real. couldn’t stop laughing.
https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona/ L'articolo merita decisamente una lettura, sia per le inquietanti questioni politiche che solleva, sia per gli aspetti tecnici... piuttosto patetici Giacomo
Buongiorno lista, quancuno ha davvero ancora qualche dubbio sul fatto che internet è usato come un sistema di sorveglianza e _controllo_ globale? On 2026-02-27, Giacomo Tesio wrote: [...]
https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona/
L'articolo merita decisamente una lettura, sia per le inquietanti questioni politiche che solleva, sia per gli aspetti tecnici... piuttosto patetici
Grazie Giacomo per la segnalazione, articolo davvero molto interessante; la parte più interessante di tutte è la "LEGAL NOTICE" [1]: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- this is protected journalism and security research under the First Amendment, ECHR Art. 10, CFAA safe harbor (DOJ Policy 2022), California Shield Law, GDPR Art. 85, and Israeli Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty. the authors are not affiliated with any government, intelligence service, or competitor of any entity named herein. no financial interest. no compensation. this research exists in the public interest and was distributed across multiple jurisdictions, dead drops, and third-party archives before publication. any attempt to suppress or retaliate against this publication - legal threats, DMCA abuse, employment interference, physical intimidation, or extrajudicial action - will be treated as confirmation of its findings and will trigger additional distribution. killing the messenger does not kill the message. for the record: all authors of this document are in good health, of sound mind, and have no plans to hurt themselves, disappear, or die unexpectedly. if that changes suddenly - it wasn’t voluntary. this document, its evidence, and a list of names are held by multiple trusted third parties with instructions to publish everything in the event that anything happens to any of us. we mean anything. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Quello che raccontano gli autori non è proprio niente di nuovo, sia chiaro, solo un piccolissimo dettaglio in più dell'ormai arcinoto (uno dei) sistema di sorveglianza globale /amministrato/ da moltissimi anni dal governo a stelle e strisce per conto terzi; ormai avete capito benissimo chi sono quei terzi, non fate i finti tonti. Peraltro, sarebbe davvero ora di finirla di fare distinzione tra iniziative governative dirette e iniziative private (tipo OpenAI): è un unico sistema, si chiama complesso militare-industriale, è _al di sopra_ di ogni governo e ogni multinazionale privata occidentale. ...e sì: (also) this is Karmageddon. Buonanotte, 380° [1] che curioso che gli autori fanno riferimento anche alla "Israeli Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty", toh?!? -- 380° (lost in /traslation/) «Welcome to the chaos of the times If you go left and I go right Pray we make it out alive This is Karmageddon»
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