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+0.43 OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine (vmfunc.re S:+0.77 )
655 points by rzk 5 days ago | 198 comments on HN | Moderate positive Contested Human Rights · v3.7 · 2026-02-26 04:23:14 0
Summary Privacy & Surveillance Champions
This investigative report exposes an identity surveillance infrastructure built by Persona and OpenAI with integration into U.S. federal agencies including ICE, documenting 27 months of continuous operation screening millions of users monthly against watchlists using facial recognition and intelligence database matching. The content champions human rights through detailed technical investigation protected under First Amendment, ECHR Article 10, and international human rights frameworks, with explicit legal disclaimers establishing good-faith journalism and transparent methodology that enables public scrutiny of surveillance systems threatening privacy, due process, and freedom of expression.
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HN Discussion 18 top-level · 32 replies
MattDaEskimo 2026-02-24 18:39 UTC link
What can those do from a separate country, who unfortunately had their identity verified through Persona (LinkedIn in my case).
cloverich 2026-02-24 18:49 UTC link
Going to copy paste my comment from today's other thread[3] that linked to this:

Note also there's a direct response from Persona's security team here[1], and a lot of back and forth from Rick on Twitter[2].

[1]: https://withpersona.com/blog/post-incident-review-source-map...

[2]: https://x.com/Persona_IDV/status/2025048195773198385?s=20

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47136036

pharos92 2026-02-24 18:55 UTC link
It seems like at every technological step, we're sold the dream and delivered the meme. We always end up with the worst possible combination of players, ideas and outcomes; with the promise of what the said technology delivers in terms of additional freedom or free time never realised. How many more broken social contracts can society endure before it crumbles?
Ancalagon 2026-02-24 19:08 UTC link
Why do so many engineers willingly build things bad for society?
4midori 2026-02-24 19:11 UTC link
In response to a data request, Persona says:

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to Persona.

Please note that Persona primarily operates as a "service provider" or "processor" for its customers. We act as a "business" or "controller" only for specific services, such as identity verification for LinkedIn, FoxCorp, and Reusable Persona. To learn more about how Persona manages your personal data, please refer to our privacy notices, which can be accessed through the following link: https://withpersona.com/legal/privacy-notices

If you wish to exercise your privacy rights related to services where Persona is a "service provider" or "processor," please contact the entity using our service, as they are the "controller" of the data. We will assist the relevant customer to fulfill your data subject rights, but we do not handle such requests directly on their behalf.

For any privacy rights request related to services where Persona acts as a "business" or "controller," including identity verification for LinkedIn, FoxCorp, Reusable Persona, and personal data related to our sales, marketing activities, or website browsing on withpersona.com, please use our Data Subject Request (DSAR) available at the following link: https://withpersona.com/dsar

For all other inquiries, we will respond as soon as possible.

###

TL;DR we're not responsible, go talk to LinkedIn.

raincole 2026-02-24 19:16 UTC link
https://withpersona.com/customers/openai

Persona's side of the story.

edverma2 2026-02-24 19:23 UTC link
This is a hilarious personal website! Love it. Even better that it's paired with quality content.
int32_64 2026-02-24 19:26 UTC link
Based on the Anthropic distillation news yesterday I wonder if the AI companies are going to get much tighter with KYC.
yoyohello13 2026-02-24 19:29 UTC link
This website really is incredible!
dylan604 2026-02-24 19:39 UTC link
"what is Fivecast ONYX? an AI-powered surveillance platform purchased by ICE for $4.2 million and CBP for additional license costs. according to Fivecast’s own documentation and EFF’s reporting, they do automated collection of multimedia data from social media and dark web, build “digital footprints” from biographical data, tracks shifts in sentiment and emotion, assigns risk scores, searches across 300+ platforms and 28+ billion data points, identifies people with “violent tendencies”"

Glad to know that my tinfoil hat wasn't too tight when social media came to be and this obvious use was predicted. How quickly will not having social media accounts become a crime?

cedws 2026-02-24 19:43 UTC link
Governments in Europe should be seriously scrutinising this with the background conversation of departing American tech going on. Discord users globally were being coerced into handing over their ID to this American surveillance tech. Are we just going to let this go on?
gslepak 2026-02-24 20:08 UTC link
Does someone have a version that doesn't force you to listen to unwanted music?
Havoc 2026-02-24 20:44 UTC link
Wonder how many lists I'm on for the unholy sin of saying the glorious american leader is a moron
Kiboneu 2026-02-24 21:12 UTC link
> OpenAI’s disclosures reference biometric data stored “up to a year.” the source > code shows face list retention capped at 3 years. government IDs retained > “permanently” per Persona’s practices. which is it?

I keep saying this. This is the playbook -- everything is moving to standardize Sam Altman's biometric authentication cryptocurrency company to use internet services. This has been a slow moving strategy for /years/ and every new step over that period only get closer, not further from this goal.

tiffanyh 2026-02-24 23:54 UTC link
Isn’t this just normal KYC (for account opening).

What am I missing?

https://withpersona.com/customers/openai

rambojohnson 2026-02-25 02:49 UTC link
"We weren’t hacked" is doing PR triage for "we exposed sensitive internal implementation details." Spy company semantics are always incredible. The house didn’t burn down, it just leaked gas.
emsign 2026-02-25 05:55 UTC link
Websites with sound are a big no-no.
kevincloudsec 2026-02-25 17:16 UTC link
calling data sovereignty laws a cybersecurity risk in the same week that Persona had 2500 files exposed on a government endpoint is an interesting choice of timing.
drac89 2026-02-24 18:42 UTC link
From the blog post I've recently read; https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verificatio...

1. Request your data. Email [email protected] or [email protected]. Under GDPR, they have 30 days to respond.

2. Request deletion. The verification is done. LinkedIn already has the result. There is no reason for Persona to keep your passport scan and facial geometry on their servers. Ask them to delete it.

3. Contact their DPO. [email protected] — that’s their Data Protection Officer. If you want to object to them using your documents as AI training data under “legitimate interests,” this is where you do it.

4. Think twice before verifying. That blue badge might not be worth what you’re trading for it. A checkmark is cosmetic. Biometric data is forever.

shimman 2026-02-24 18:47 UTC link
Organize in your country and advocate for data deletion jubilees, organize in your country to champion new taxes against US digital services, organize in your country to advocate for homegrown solutions over US tech.

If you aren't actively organizing you aren't going to accomplish anything.

Remember that people power trumps monetary power, but you have to commit for people power to work.

aeldidi 2026-02-24 18:52 UTC link
The withpersona.com URL seems to return 404.
ferguess_k 2026-02-24 19:07 UTC link
From my understanding, we are pretty close to a Dystopian world where all elites of a certain group collaborate to run a Super Leviathan. We still gotta choose our flavors, which may not be feasible in maybe 5-10 years when those leviathans clash into each other.
whynotmaybe 2026-02-24 19:09 UTC link
Ever read 1984?

Who wins at the end?

nehal3m 2026-02-24 19:10 UTC link
All these memes are burning through our natural reserves at an ever increasing rate so it will crumble when the bread baskets fail anyway.
mikestew 2026-02-24 19:10 UTC link
Because it generally pays well. I'd wax philosophically, but you can come to your own conclusions from that little nugget.
konart 2026-02-24 19:14 UTC link
Because they do not believe it is bad?

Because they believe that it's going to be build anyone by someone else?

Because they are not entirely aware of what they are building?

dlenski 2026-02-24 19:23 UTC link
It's "socializing the losses and privatizing the gains"… but now alarmingly supercharged well beyond purely financial realms, and into really basic and fundamental matters of individual physical autonomy and liberty.
FrustratedMonky 2026-02-24 19:26 UTC link
Evil pays more.

A common theme in a lot of movies, books, et..

disgruntledphd2 2026-02-24 19:34 UTC link
I get the KYC concerns for API access, but I'm sortof baffled at why they'd need all of the AML stuff, given that they're not payment processors/financial institutions.

Or does Persona provide that by default? Don't know much about their service...

biophysboy 2026-02-24 19:39 UTC link
Many tech execs operate under the thesis that china & the democratic party are existential threats that warrant a surveillance/military/police ramp up. Meanwhile, many tech employees are credulous and frequently adopt self-serving geopolitical narratives. The current macro trends don't help (huge defense budgets, bad labor market power, China is in fact more powerful)

Edit:forgot the most obvious... money

kelvinjps10 2026-02-24 19:41 UTC link
They did good damage control with that post
varenc 2026-02-24 19:51 UTC link
According to Persona's damage control article[0], the subdomain had "onyx" in its name because that's the internal code name for the project, and it's named after the pokémon Onyx. No connection to Fivecast ONYX.

[0] https://withpersona.com/blog/post-incident-review-source-map...

plagiarist 2026-02-24 19:52 UTC link
This is the same complete bullshit trying to remove oneself from political donation emails. "Oh, okay, we will remove you from that one." Days later it's a "different campaign." Sometimes it's the exact same people from weeks ago who have just renamed their campaign and started sending again.

We need far stronger laws for all of it, which will never happen because the rot and corruption has fully metastasized.

a_victorp 2026-02-24 19:59 UTC link
It's already frowned upon when crossing the border
xg15 2026-02-24 20:08 UTC link
> How many more broken social contracts can society endure before it crumbles?

Having any kind of agency in those things would be a start.

If <FAANG bigcorp of your choice> announces with great fanfare "We're building this totally awesome new technology that will make everything better! And the best thing? You won't have to do anything, we will auto-update all your devices/accounts/etc with it for free! Trust us!", then whether you personally believe their enthusiastic predictions or not doesn't really matter a lot - you will get it anyway, unless you spend a lot of energy to deliberately avoid the new technology.

tamimio 2026-02-24 20:09 UTC link
We need a list of these 300+ platforms
Havoc 2026-02-24 20:24 UTC link
In FF you can click on a tab on left side to mute it not sure other browsers
spacebacon 2026-02-24 20:47 UTC link
I felt alive again as I used my physical volume button down to focus on the text.
oth001 2026-02-24 21:08 UTC link
Or for saying Israel shouldn't be committing a genocide.
frm88 2026-02-24 21:33 UTC link
Unfortunately Persona already has a lot of contracts in the EU and is about to get more https://fintecbuzz.com/persona-to-launch-a-new-suite-of-solu...
mistrial9 2026-02-24 23:42 UTC link
That does not match the very similar reply I got as a California resident asserting my rights under California's "Right to Know" Act , regarding LinkedIn profile data and related
snarf21 2026-02-25 00:07 UTC link
It is mostly a combination of Sinclair's Law and "I have nothing to hide" mindset.
jcgrillo 2026-02-25 00:09 UTC link
Not a crime, necessarily, just a hefty debit against your social credit score.
ceroxylon 2026-02-25 00:38 UTC link
There is a play/pause button in the lower right corner.
teyopi 2026-02-25 01:18 UTC link
NSA spied on European leaders[1] and we did nothing. So yes, nothing happens.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/31/denmark-helped...

thephyber 2026-02-25 03:03 UTC link
You act like the governments of Europe weren’t the reason Discord decided they needed to get government issued identity information from European users…
mock-possum 2026-02-25 03:11 UTC link
Not so cute when there’s auto play audio and no controls to stop it on mobile
nanobuilds 2026-02-25 03:23 UTC link
Same. Some good music too.
5o1ecist 2026-02-25 03:36 UTC link
Do you believe that the politicians, on the other side of the ocean, aren't getting paid by the same cheese pizza eaters?
PostOnce 2026-02-25 03:37 UTC link
Their side of the story is that they want to flag people as "too risky to be allowed to use AI"?

There's a problem here, right? Who else might want to flag you and lock you out of shit? Is this the new normal?

Will they flag Republicans / Democrats / Catholics / Buddhists / People Of Any Particular Skintone / People with Blue Shoes Who Are Exactly 5'9 / ????

The corporations are out of control. We should bring them to heel.

We should also resist and refuse to comply with these totally arbitrary requests we don't have to comply with.

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Central human rights engagement. Content is protected journalism and security research investigating government surveillance. Authors explicitly invoke First Amendment, ECHR Art. 10, CFAA safe harbor, California Shield Law, and GDPR Art. 85 as legal basis for publication. Document demonstrates commitment to freedom of expression through detailed investigation, transparent methodology, and explicit legal analysis.

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Context Modifier
0.00
SETL
+0.19

Publication by independent researchers without government authority demonstrates commitment to legal principle that protection must be equal and applied through transparent, accountable processes.

+0.70
Article 10 Fair Hearing
Medium Advocacy
Structural
+0.70
Context Modifier
0.00
SETL
+0.19

Publication enables public scrutiny of law enforcement surveillance infrastructure, supporting principle that judicial process must be transparent and subject to public oversight.

ND
Article 4 No Slavery

No direct engagement with slavery or involuntary servitude.

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Article 5 No Torture

No direct engagement with torture or cruel/inhuman treatment.

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Article 6 Legal Personhood

No direct engagement with personhood or legal recognition.

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Article 8 Right to Remedy

No direct engagement with effective remedy for violations of rights.

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Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

No direct engagement with criminal responsibility or ex post facto principles.

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement

No direct engagement with freedom of movement.

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Article 15 Nationality

No direct engagement with nationality rights.

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

No direct engagement with family or marriage rights.

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Article 18 Freedom of Thought

No direct engagement with freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Article 22 Social Security

No direct engagement with social security and welfare rights.

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Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

No direct engagement with work and employment rights.

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Article 24 Rest & Leisure

No direct engagement with rest and leisure rights.

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Article 25 Standard of Living

No direct engagement with health and welfare rights.

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Article 26 Education

No direct engagement with education rights.

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Article 27 Cultural Participation

No direct engagement with participation in cultural life or scientific progress.

Supplementary Signals
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Epistemic Quality
How well-sourced and evidence-based is this content?
0.85 medium claims
Sources
0.8
Evidence
0.9
Uncertainty
0.8
Purpose
0.9
Propaganda Flags
3 manipulative rhetoric techniques found
3 techniques detected
loaded language
Repeated use of emotional framing: 'the watchers,' 'identity surveillance machine,' 'door wide open,' 'rabbit hole deep dive,' 'the messenger does not kill the message.'
appeal to fear
Security notice emphasizing author safety: 'all authors of this document are in good health, of sound mind, and have no plans to hurt themselves, disappear, or die unexpectedly' with dead-man's-switch framing.
causal oversimplification
Framing surveillance system as monolithic threat: 'a facial recognition algorithm is checking whether you look like a politically exposed person' conflates technical possibility with inevitable practice.
Emotional Tone
Emotional character: positive/negative, intensity, authority
urgent
Valence
-0.8
Arousal
0.8
Dominance
0.8
Transparency
Does the content identify its author and disclose interests?
0.95
✓ Author ✓ Conflicts ✓ Funding
More signals: context, framing & audience
Solution Orientation
Does this content offer solutions or only describe problems?
0.37 problem only
Reader Agency
0.3
Stakeholder Voice
Whose perspectives are represented in this content?
0.45 3 perspectives
Speaks: individualsresearchersmarginalized
About: corporationgovernmentmilitary_security
Temporal Framing
Is this content looking backward, at the present, or forward?
retrospective historical
Geographic Scope
What geographic area does this content cover?
global
United States, Kansas City, Iowa, San Francisco, Israel, European Union
Complexity
How accessible is this content to a general audience?
technical high jargon domain specific
Longitudinal 110 HN snapshots · 6 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 26 entries
2026-02-28 14:22 model_divergence Cross-model spread 1.50 exceeds threshold (4 models) - -
2026-02-28 14:22 eval_success Lite evaluated: Strong positive (0.70) - -
2026-02-28 14:22 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.70 (Strong positive)
reasoning
Exposing surveillance abuses
2026-02-26 23:06 eval_success Light evaluated: Strong negative (-0.80) - -
2026-02-26 23:06 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.80 (Strong negative)
2026-02-26 20:12 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 20:10 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 20:09 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 20:07 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:41 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 17:39 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:38 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:37 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:35 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 17:33 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:33 eval_retry OpenRouter API error 402 model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 17:33 eval_failure Evaluation failed: Error: OpenRouter API error 402: {"error":{"message":"Provider returned error","code":402,"metadata":{"raw":"{\"error\":\"API key USD spend limit exceeded. Your account may still have USD balance, but - -
2026-02-26 17:32 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 09:02 eval_success Evaluated: Neutral (0.04) - -
2026-02-26 09:02 eval Evaluated by deepseek-v3.2: +0.04 (Neutral) 14,918 tokens
2026-02-26 09:00 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 09:00 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 08:59 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine - -
2026-02-26 04:23 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.60 (Moderate positive) 17,677 tokens -0.16
2026-02-26 04:11 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.75 (Strong positive) 18,826 tokens -0.03
2026-02-26 03:17 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.78 (Strong positive) 18,045 tokens