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X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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“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.

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[–] [email protected] 185 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

I'm doing my part!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have

But so many stay on those shit sites.. ._.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

At this point I'm actively evangelizing fedi platforms as functional replacements-

  • Insta-> pixelfed
  • birdsite-> mastadon/firefish/misskey
  • fb-> friendica
  • reddit-> lemmy etc

The only thing meta has that's worth anything to me is... my friends and family all have accounts there, it's the only means I have of staying in touch with some of them. If I convince half of them to migrate it's a win-win

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You forgot to mention the big dogs. Google, Amazon, and Microsoft... much harder to escape... and we need to.

But yeah, Musk, Zuck, and Huff can fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're never going to get the corps to stop sucking each other off. Microsoft is inescapable in business sectors as of right now. Doing without Amazon or Google requires a moderate amount of willpower. The biggest issue is the sheer number of people who just don't give a fuck.

"Babe, these corporations want to enslave our children, please stop buying the coffee"

"I can't its so good, they won't imprison our children."

Fucking shoot me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

“Babe, these corporations want to enslave our children, please stop buying the coffee”

"I can’t its so good, they won’t imprison our children.”

"'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."

Edit: Added the quote

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I am so glad I have stopped using reddit entirely. Lemmy feels like a better community anyway, and the decentralized nature of it is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Mastodon instead of twitter maybe?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Has anybody here tried to file a GDPR deletion request with Twitter?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I have never used Twitter, so no.