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X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. (thehackernews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by s1vgm@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"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.

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[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If there's a photo of you anywhere on The-Platform-Formerly-Known-As-Twitter, then that's it. That's biometric data.

People have this weird idea that "biometric data" needs some special scanning process like in movies. As if some green laser needs to sweep across your body to "collect" biometric data.

A photo is all that's needed. That's it.

You read these articles that talk about "the dangers of biometrics" (in the context of facial recognition) and they often cite that the database can be hacked and people's biometric data will get stolen.

That's not a concern. Every system that captures biometric data for later use is completely different than the next system. It would be like trying to run an Android app on an iPhone.

Actually, it's very much like the pre-IBM days. There were many different computer systems that weren't compatible with each other. Biometrics is like that, but 100 times more incompatible. Each system needs a ground truth photo to generate the model/template/biometric data.

So I'll say it again, if there's a photo of you on Former-Twitter, even a profile photo, they have your biometrics.