Open Rights GroupSep 4, 2023

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.

#musk

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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@openrightsgroup never activate biometrics on your phone.

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

Sep 4, 2023 at 3:00pmWeb