“Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” The revised policy of X(Twitter) is expected to go into effect on September 29, 2023.
The thing is, biometric data is permanent and can’t be changed. If we share that with X, it could mean lifelong privacy risks. And seriously, I can’t think of a single reason why Elon needs to know where I went to high school for data security purposes.
People keep talking about leaving Twitter, but when will they actually do that? I guess they’ll just keep putting up with it, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
Stop give this platform visibility on lemmy, remove big tech ads from the sub
And bury our heads in the sand? Ignoring the situation won’t help.
Sub? That’s big tech talk!
I’m so intrigued about bot biometrics data science!
X is safe and effective?
Since Elon has been very transparent about his goal of making X the everything app, by adding all this stuff and biometrics… For security?
What could possibly go wrong?
He’s also friends with Putin & other autocrats.
What could go wrong?
Oh yeah…Elon has been known to ban every antifascist. & he wants access to all of their information.
I read identifying purposes and thought they were doing some kind of philosophy experiment on people’s online behavior and their life purposes
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Yea that’s the thing with lifelong biometric data… they could be “identifying” something else entirely at any point now or in the future.
Actually, given that biometric data is permanent, it should be very interesting to see the EU get its hands on this.
How exactly do they plan to collect biometric data? In most platforms biometric data remains on device.
Perhaps Elmo will try spinning some sort of WorldCoin style biometric crypto scheme next.
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Besides the IRS who could give them that info?
The users themselves, in their stupidity, like every single time in the past.
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he already tested out a job listings tab so he’ll just collect it from users that way.
How exactly would a phone camera get a clear image of your retina? I very much doubt anything like this is possible but maybe I’m missing something
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I mean how would this work though, even assuming that technology hurdle is cleared (definitely doubting it, a slightly dark room can totally hose a cell phone photo)?
The Twitter app has to request camera use and then ask the user to do that. What possible benefit would there be for the user?
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Yeah, maybe. Doesn’t sound attractive to me though, there are already several ways to authenticate which work fine.
They’ll simply ask for it and people will give it in order to keep using the platform.
Google Ads asked me (a private individual) to provide my drivers license or passport in order to verify an organization’s Google Ads account, or else the account will be suspended. I understand verifying the organization via governed registration records, that makes sense. But requiring an emoloyee or volunteer’s passport?
The account is just going to get suspended.
anndd profile I made in the first month of twitter being a thing is gone
Don’t have a Twitter account will never have a Twitter account.
This increasing interest in biometric data, not just from “X”, is concerning to say the least
Just put one of your left foot fingers. Fuck’em
I guess we’re going nna keep hammering those nails into the coffin huh?
Not that im complaining. I’ve always hated twitter. I’ll gladly watch the dumpster fire burn.
I thought a lot of people did leave Twitter. I did a few months ago.
A large amount of people I know said that, and actually did it. For the rest, the alternatives are not big enough to farm clicks off ragebait and AI “art”
God damn.
These fucks really fucked up the internet (+ the whole society/“reality”).
How do we escape this dystopia at this point?
Is it possible?
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I just deleted my “X” because of this. I’ve been meaning for a while to get off of “X”.
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I didn’t have to upload a government ID, but that must suck!
Why would anybody do this? To access a service so bad it keeps falling?
No thanks, dipshit
