Yeah, that's gonna be a big "no" from me, pal, but thanks

https://gizmodo.com/elon-twitter-privacy-biometric-data-employment-history-1850791400

Elon’s Twitter Is Coming for Your Biometric Data and Employment History

The new Twitter, AKA ‘X’, privacy policy states that the site may collect users' biometric information—likely a face scan to prove they’re really human.

Gizmodo
@scalzi There will be no permanent tissue damage.
@scalzi I mean, I knew things were going to get worse over there but that's just gross
@scalzi Not happening Elop dude.

@scalzi Heh

Tell me you've lost the war against bots without saying you've lost the war against bots :p

@scalzi awesome. collecting that data is gonna make them a juicy target for attackers. all those goods in one place? dms, financial info, biometric data?
@scalzi i knew he was going to do somthing like this eventually. Glad i deactivated my account

@scalzi

good on you for being a popular and established account and getting out of that hell hole.

Now bring Adrian Tchaikovsky and the rest of scifi twitter into the fold!

@scalzi This is good stuff. You could take the story of Elon and Twitter for the last two years and make a black comedy with almost no changes.

Edit: that's the universal you, not you, Scalzi, specifically.

@scalzi and this, right here, is why we can't have nice things. I don't mean to victim blame but people will just let this slide. Those who actually care about security and privacy are already too small a minority to stop this kind of thing

@scalzi As a resident of Illinois, I get a check for anywhere from $50 to $300 every few months as a result of yet another class action suit brought as a result of a company violating our Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Maybe I should open a Twitter account?

@scalzi Good luck to him. Illinois has pretty strict biometric privacy laws (Google just lost a class action lawsuit a year ago or so). Sounds like a minefield I'd want no part of.
@scalzi freedom Elmo style where you body and soul are for sale
@scalzi @thevowel this was it for me. Not waiting for end of Sept I’m going to remind people where I’m at for a couple days and deleting my account this weekend probably.
@scalzi Haha, that's a HARD PASS!! ⛔
Space Karen is NOT to be trusted. EVER! 🤡
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