niniMar 8
Nick Peers

So Amazon are now using Persona for ID checks too on buyers - my 18-year-old daughter has just lost a gift voucher because having let her add it to her account, they promptly cancelled an order she placed using the gift balance and are demanding she upload digital ID. Attempts to fix this over the phone have failed and long story short, the money she was given appears to be lost unless she's prepared to hand Persona her details.

A reminder why this is a bad idea: https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

I wanted a blue badge on LinkedIn. To get it, I gave a US company my passport, my face, and my biometric data. Then I read the fine print.

THE LOCAL STACK
Mar 7 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadMostlyTatoMar 7
@nickpeers
It's spreading.
I bookmarked a post on here earlier today listing the outfits that they believed were pushing for this, but it appears to have been deleted before I got a chance to review it.
Seems though, like it is the likes of Amazon and Meta who want to harvest everyone's biometrics, with the Palantir backed Persona juggling the data for them.
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Mar 7
@MostlyTato @nickpeers if it was the one from sparrow / krstlworks at techhub dot social, there was some info in it that couldn't be factually confirmed re: the funding sources of Oak Foundation. (It may still have been true, but was presented as fact despite being unverified, so it seems they felt it was best to retract it)
Show threadMostlyTatoMar 8
@kboyd @nickpeers
I suspected the reason would be something like that. I didn't get a chance to take notes though, just book for later.
Show threadJ4ckMar 7
@nickpeers Sounds like they are deciding to no longer tolerate our lack of interest.
Show threadNiniMar 7
@nickpeers Seems the plan isn't merely to deanonymize you but if you refuse to comply they'll take your ability to operate in the world.
Show threadPostcardsFromParadiseMar 7

@nickpeers

I've seen people saying that the ID verification might apply to items sold by 3rd party sellers on Amazon, but not necessarily to items sold by Amazon itself.

Show threadMrHumlekottenMar 8

@PostcardsFromParadise @nickpeers
Yes, thats true.
They’re claiming it’s to prevent money laundering.

You find the info in the gift card section of your Amazon account, where it will ask you to provide an ID.

Show threadlupus_blackfurMar 8

@nickpeers
@Em0nM4stodon

Welp...

Prior to now I just couldn't let go of the Amazon convenience...

But

Let Amazon demand one single time that I upload any form of ID in any format...

That'll be the final red line I will not cross.

I'll happily divest myself of all things Amazon.

FFS.

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Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Mar 8

@nickpeers

It's an even worse idea buying from Amazon at all and thereby lining the pockets of the rotten fascist Bezos who supports the pedophile murderous war criminal Trump.

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Mar 8
@nickpeers Sounds like a strong class action. Can't add a new condition on a contract (gift card) if it's already executory.
Show threadTom 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 8
@nickpeers Yet another great reason to boycott Amazon.
Show threadJohnsMar 8
@nickpeers As if I needed another reason to stay the fuck out of Amazon xDDDDD
Show threadPaul HealeyMar 8
@nickpeers Time to quit all the U.S. monopolies before their antitrust ruins the USA and Europe? Without them Trump’s insanity could lose its frightening grip on International law that his Dept. of War has unleashed. Corporations are not people. Neither should their power be greater than the democratic rights of diverse interests! To be sure Corporate Sovereignty is not Republic Sovereignty! Neither is absolute monarchy parliamentary monarchy! #NoAbsoluteMonarchs #NoDictators
Show threadSzymon BęczkowskiMar 8
@nickpeers This is what small claims courts are for. Make them spend money on lawyers.