Open Rights Group

Would you trust Elon Musk with your biometric data?

With a history of complying with requests from authoritarian regimes, Musk's record will give human rights defenders and marginalised communities cause for alarm.

Biometric data is permanent and unchangeable to a person. If it gets shared, it can mean lifelong #privacy impacts.

A prospect made ever more threatening without knowing how long the data will be retained, how it's secured, or if it's ever deleted.

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https://cyberscoop.com/twitter-x-user-biometric-data/

Twitter, now X, will begin collecting users’ biometric data

The policy, which takes effect Sept. 29, follows intense scrutiny over Twitter's lack of account authentication and fraud on the platform.

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Sep 4, 2023 at 2:33pmWeb
Show threadCosvakSep 4, 2023

@openrightsgroup never activate biometrics on your phone.

I say this as I input my thumbprint into my lock screen.

Show threadWe Can Be GyrosSep 4, 2023
@openrightsgroup    this privacy concern applies to any situation.   
Show threadJoan of Contention 😷Sep 4, 2023
@openrightsgroup Is this affecting global users, or only non GDPR jurisdictions?
Show threadEllen TimmerSep 4, 2023

@openrightsgroup @1br0wn

Of course not!

Show threadMastodon MigrationSep 4, 2023

@openrightsgroup What I think has been demonstrsted over the last several months is that there is no indignity or invasion of privacy that Twitter users will not endure. Do not expect giving Elon their biometric data will matter to them at all.

#twitter #DataPrivacy

Show threadafastaudir8Sep 4, 2023
I trust nobody with biometrics unless it’s proven the information stays on device
Show threadTacoSep 4, 2023
@openrightsgroup this is the inevitable lawsuit that will end him.
Show threadFussy Geek WaresSep 4, 2023

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That would be a flat no!

Show threadUrban HermitSep 4, 2023
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This has a solution. We need law makers to repeal the immunity internet companies currently enjoy from liability for hoarding our data, misusing our data, and letting our data get stolen or passed on. Our data is not their asset to monetize, or shouldn't be, and some large settlement class action lawsuits about data theft would deter them from saving everything. Saving fingerprints, face prints, signatures, needs a time limit.
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Show threadThestaroftheworldsSep 4, 2023
@openrightsgroup I wouldn't trust him with my teaspoon
Show threadNicole ParsonsSep 4, 2023

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By sharing biometric data, you're not just impacting your own life, you're impacting the privacy of all your friends and family.

Ancestry.com DNA samples was used to find long-dead serial killers through the DNA of relatives.

Last will & testaments have been negated through blood tests

You can be guaranteed that your social media profile is being linked to your friends, family, employment, customers, clubs, volunteer organizations, churches and most of all voting patterns.

Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonSep 5, 2023
@openrightsgroup @Npars01 The DNA sharing is what concerns me most. It was one of the last bastions of my personal privacy, but the data slipped from my control when relatives(close and distant) decided to test and share their DNA. You see, some portion of their DNA is also *my* DNA, and I was never consulted. I am not angry, just sad that the idea never came to mind that they should have consulted blood relatives first. Now it is too late.
Show threadCraig McgeeSep 5, 2023
@openrightsgroup I wouldnt trust elon musk to run me a bath, let alone use my biometric data!
Show threadMatthew FlintSep 7, 2023
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This is a stupid article which will cause people to think, incorrectly, that TouchID / FaceID makes biometric data available to apps.
It does not.