“Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the privacy policy reads. It doesn’t include any details on what kind of biometric information this includes — or how X plans to collect it — but it typically involves fingerprints, iris patterns, or facial features.
X Corp. was named in a proposed class action lawsuit in July over claims that its data collection violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The lawsuit alleges that X “has not adequately informed individuals” that it “collects and/or stores their biometric identifiers in every photograph containing a face” that’s uploaded to the platform.
Stop using Twitter.
Stop using Reddit.
Stop using FaceBook.
Stop using Instagram.
Just stop, and they will have to stop.
The wheels don’t turn if the rats stop racing.
Got the list down to only Twitter. I wish Lemmy had more local users otherwise I’d ditch Twitter.
But I do my part by blocking advertisements. If I spend 20 minutes blocking ads I won’t see any for a few weeks.
Mastodon instead of twitter maybe?
Has anybody here tried to file a GDPR deletion request with Twitter?
I have never used Twitter, so no.
X Corp is slowly moving to fulfill any evil corp prophesy that we thought are only limited to fictional writing. The name (X Corp) too is straight out of some dystopian novel.
With the most cartoonishly villainous magalomaniacal narcissist for a CEO, not exactly unexpected.
Elon looks and acts a whole lot like the evil cunt business man villain in 5th element Zorg…
Except Zorg was smart!
(And how dare you compare the looks of Elon to our glorious genius chameleon actor lord and savior Gary Oldman!?!? 🫨)
He’s trying to build the US equivalent of WeChat without having the government on his side.
Aaaand now I just have a new worst fear.
without having the government on his side.
Why do you think they haven’t?
Not a good decision from Elon here.
People will say yes without thinking. It’s a good decision if you don’t care for the longevity of the app.
Judging by the number of people who use Facebook, by far the most people don’t care about these things. In my experience it’s not even always ignorance, because even if you tell them, they still don’t care.
The sheep will ruin the world, by not giving a shit, if they can have a bit of convenience for “free”.
“But I cannot leave Facebook, I will miss out on what everyone is faking in their miserable lives” /s
Exactly.
I still have my FB amount and barely use it. I need it to search random hotties I see at work
To find selectively misleading info at best, or decidedly fake at worst.
I didn’t even like twitter before it was taken over by a megalomaniac, let alone the garbage site it’s become
Is there any information on how he plans to obtain biometric data? My assumption was that, with iPhones for example, all biometric data stays on device encrypted via the Secure Enclave. Is that even something X could access?
I think that’s why the article mentions the lawsuit. Apart from future collection, it appears X is scanning eyes from photos people post on X and retaining that information.
So is it just new pics going forward or did it retroactively go back and get Twitter’s stuff too? Or didn’t they like recently “delete” that? This is sus af
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I’m not worried about Twitter. I’m worried about other platforms following suit. What if we get to the point where the power company wants your biometric data before they’ll let you pay your bill?
I already feel like we’re close with having to add your bank account information into some online account. (I kid, I kid)
But there is evidence of this becoming more pervasive over time. One of the things that made me buy a house instead of continuing to rent is I actually looked at the prospective lease and they wanted to store biometric data on my fucking dog supposedly so they could tell whose dog was leaving what poops on the ground over at the park. 🙄
It’s called X
Pretty sure LinkedIn already called dibs on selling our employment data.
i like now every change twitter makes there is verge article about it and somehow it get this much upvotes here . i just scrolled for 5 minute now i know twitter shadow banning is back and this lol.
but….why? of all the things to care about with that dying husk of a platform, what could suddenly make biometric information such an interest to them?
If he’s going to make an ‘American WeChat’ then having this data is necessary. If you aren’t familiar with WeChat it’s a social media app from China that’s basically the default application for banking, videos, posts, 2FA, etc. It’s hugely popular in China. Of course, whether or not he should even be allowed to get this info or how viable making an American WeChat is, is a completely different story.
It is the most reliable way (currently) to identify people.
There’s a no for me, dawg.
Well, Elon did warn us that X is “more”.
and the further dystopia has finally arrived!
we live in a society
