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

s1vgm@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 558 points – X (Twitter) to Collect Biometric Data from Premium Users to Combat Impersonation
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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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Just for you guys to know, a Saudi teacher got death sentence over tweets, cuz it is linked to his identity, and now Elon even wants more specific data from users? People need to give up on Twitter!

Apparently, Elon did not get any lesson from the Saudi man’s death at all. Its so important for people to remain anonymous in the digital world.

Try this, I found people talking about this on Lemmy: https://www.alchemy.com/dapps/wiremin

So I downloaded, and from my experience so far on this decentralized social network, it has the ability to replace Twitter for those who care about privacy and are concerned with data breaches.

  • Using an Anonymous ID, it does not require either an email or a phone number when creating accounts.
  • It is decentralized, with no central cloud server to store our data.
  • There is no censorship; no one can ban your account or remove your content.
  • It connects the world widely, so no single country, government, or person can manipulate the content we see.
  • The feed/chat space, DMs, voice calls, and fast file/pic transfers are all end-to-end encrypted.

No censorship / unable to delete content? What happens when somebody decides to post illegal content like CP? I know that's an easy target, but either it has a way to deal with that, or it's going to attract a very scary crowd, at least as a subset.

Wiremin is closed source. Why would anyone use that over mastodon?

They are not the same.

Part of the problem is...people were suspended FOR NO REASON & now their data is not recoverable + they can't delete their accounts.

They (I) are basically trapped.

(unless you live in a country that offers "user protections"...what a concept.)

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