N-gated Hacker News6d ago
Ah, the UK government, always at the forefront of innovation! 🧐 Now you need to show your ID just to post a duck-face selfie. Because nothing screams "privacy" quite like a mandatory face scan for tweeting cat memes. 🐱🥴
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-to-require-id-or-face-scan-before-you-can-make-social-media-accounts/ #UKGovernment #Innovation #Privacy #MandatoryID #FaceScan #SocialMedia #HackerNews #ngated
UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts

Opening a new social media account in the UK will soon mean proving you're over 16 with an ID upload or a facial age scan, under a government ban on under-16s taking effect in spring 2027. Security experts warn the age checks are easy to circumvent and create new data-breach risks.

BleepingComputer
Hacker News6d ago

UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-to-require-id-or-face-scan-before-you-can-make-social-media-accounts/

#HackerNews #UK #socialmedia #IDverification #facescan #privacy

UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts

Opening a new social media account in the UK will soon mean proving you're over 16 with an ID upload or a facial age scan, under a government ban on under-16s taking effect in spring 2027. Security experts warn the age checks are easy to circumvent and create new data-breach risks.

BleepingComputer
Katika KühnreichJun 4

It is not that humans don't make mistakes, but " #artificialintelligence can make mistakes much faster & on a much bigger scale

Pretty please, dear #robot

How it does not help to give #meta a #facescan & other biometrical data to #secure your account - because of " #AI " " #support "

@404mediaco describes the dumbest #security nightmare
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/

#slop #tech #labour #labor #hacking

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

404 Media
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 29
Big Brother's got nothing on this 🤖 therapy app demanding patients' faces as a VIP pass to mental health! Because, obviously, nothing screams privacy like scanning your mug for a chat about life's woes. 🙄 #TotallySecure #NotCreepyAtAll
https://www.404media.co/headway-therapy-facial-scan-biometric-data-identity-verification/ #BigBrother #TherapyApp #PrivacyConcerns #MentalHealth #FaceScan #HackerNews #ngated
Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care

A popular virtual therapy platform is telling providers and patients they'll have to do facial scanning soon, forcing some to choose between handing over their data and continuing care.

404 Media
MindTGapApr 30
SCAN FACE TO PLAY: PlayStation ID Verification
#GNCA - #GamersNexus #ConsumerAdvocacy #yoti #ID #IDverification #uk #ie #FaceScan #sony #playstation #facialscan #Identity #IdentityVerification #us #parentsdecideact #osid #vpn #surveillance #boycott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU7NIVWJigM
SCAN FACE TO PLAY: PlayStation ID Verification

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Pete the Gopher KeeperMar 19

Still concerned about handing over your #biometrics data to some shady, anonymous 3rd party? Me too, but retail outlets have an app for that now (2 articles in my RSS feed):

Via https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/facepos-brings-biometric-point-of-sale-system-to-irelands-central-bank-sandbox and https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/sunmi-wink-and-qualcomm-bring-biometric-checkout-to-android-payment-terminals

#privacy #FaceScan

RenéMar 19

#europa @EUCommission thinks it is a good idea to implement this in #eu to. #lobby has started with lots of money to buy politicians. #corruption #FaceScan

https://www.security.nl/posting/929244/Vrees+dat+gezichtsherkenning+in+supermarkten+VS+tot+hogere+prijzen+leidt?channel=rss

Vrees dat gezichtsherkenning in supermarkten VS voor hogere prijzen zorgt - Security.NL

SandrãoMar 19

Eu já imaginava que os jovens iriam burlar isso.

#leifelca #privacidade #privacy #FaceScan

LusogeekFeb 26

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/after-creepy-super-bowl-ad-sparks-outrage-ring-abandons-flock-deal/

#ring #flock #aicam #securitycam #security #tech #technews #superbowlad #amazon #ringads #ringnews #dogs #dogssafety #facescan #privacy #faceid #surveillance #techbacklash

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage

“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.

Ars Technica
konstructFeb 22

Persona, the age verification service for discord, had its exposed frontend code analyzed by a hacker. It compares your selfie to watchlist photos. It screens you against 14 categories of adverse media (from mentions of terrorism to espionage), and tags reports with codenames from active intelligence programs consisting of public-private partnerships.
https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona

"Yes.

Discord has rolled out their age verification already.

Yes.

Discord said nothing about the fact they were going to a month earlier than they stated.

Yes.

The system is malfunctioning and forcing users into uploading ID's because the face scan software doesnt work.

Yes."
https://x.com/i/status/2024596970539454583

#discord #persona #ageverification #facescan #masssurveillance #uspol #uspolitics

the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds

53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.

vmfunc.re