“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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      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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        Then that data is going to be unreliable, because people will embellish and outright lie when sharing.

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      1 year ago

      he already tested out a job listings tab so he’ll just collect it from users that way.

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      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?