Not sure how this can fly but so many other mammals without wings are destroying the earth - and away we go - #X #Twitter #Musk will begin to have users #verify their #identity by having them submit a #selfie alongside a #government issued #ID. The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with #AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel. https://www.pcmag.com/news/verifying-your-identity-on-twitter-will-require-taking-a-selfie #privacy #cybercrime #socialmedia #IDtheft #surveillance #govdocs
Verifying Your Identity on Twitter Will Require Taking a Selfie

A new ID verification process is in the works, requiring a selfie as well as government-issued ID.

PCMag
@D_J_Nathanson collective breakdown in sense and sensibility leaves me with the thought that many users will #comply - this aligns with the larger scope of #BigTech surveillance which is ongoing - #fingerprints and #facialrecognition compliance without pushback - #ecommerce #apple #amazon #microsoft #google #facebook #instagran which btw requires facial recognition id on demand
@bespacific Hopefully, it'll be a bridge too far for lots of people.

@bespacific

Verification, my ass! It's a 'good for thee, but not for me.'

Musk has the proprietary knowledge of who passes such a verification and who doesn't, so it's STILL at his discretion who gets to join, giving some a total pass on successful verification (and 'I see Russian trolls' echoes loudly here) to those he wants in, and no accountability if a successful verification is subsequently denied. And then, there's always suspension to mop up the rest.

The parts of Twitter that are not already dead need an open hunting season declared on 'da birdie.'

@bespacific We've seen this approach before.

It resulted in the leak of everyone participating's government issued identification. (When is "limited time" unlimited? When there is no reason to delete your data.)

β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆing genius.

For those that remain, I have one question: is the jacuzzi temperature increasing slowly enough for you?

Careful with that. Psilocybin deadens temperature sensitivity; you could injure yourself.

@bespacific
The UK government & intelligence services use the Summer to annoy people (it seems to me).

June is intrusion into Bank accounts Month.

July is badgering people for addresses & phone numbers connected to paying bills.

August is photo ID verification Month.

They're very tiresome but I'm totally sure that they're not doing fraud with all that info right?
Right? 😳