Em 1d ago

Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

This is not a drill.

If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

Show threadMensch, Marina1d ago
@Em0nM4stodon never use biological markers like finger print, iris scans, face scans or such. Once in the system, always in the system.
And IDs, passports etc can be stolen so easily. One might give them to the criminals right away for identity abuse.
Show threadBrokar

@energisch_ @Em0nM4stodon

That's what i tell everybody. You can change a password or a username but you can't change your face or your fingerprints. Once the biometric data gets abused you're screwed and you cannot do anything about it.
So don't.

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Show threadMensch, Marina15h ago
@Brokar exactly đź‘Ť @Em0nM4stodon
Show threadwoe2you15h ago
@Brokar @energisch_ @Em0nM4stodon Error: your face cannot be the same as your last 5 faces.
Show threadMensch, Marina15h ago
@woe2you some even lost it ;-) @Brokar @Em0nM4stodon
Show threadacffh morst11h ago

@Brokar @energisch_ @Em0nM4stodon
three-factor (multi factor) authentication was taught to me as
1 something you know (password)
2 something you have (fob or authenticator object)
3 something you ARE (fingerprint, Iris scan, heartbeat signature)

#3 can't be changed so of course it's the most dangerous to just hand over

Show threadMensch, Marina11h ago
@morst maybe the 3rd again could be something you can remember ? I would not give any biometrical data if I can avoid it. With some bureaucratic papers it is not avoidable. Just think of passport pictures. Which are enough to abuse in criminal hands these days. @Brokar @Em0nM4stodon
Show threadHasufin10h ago
@Brokar @energisch_ @Em0nM4stodon Also under US law you can be forced to "provide" your biometrics (in other words, a cop can grab your hand and forcibly scan your fingerprint) but you cannot be forced to provide a password.
Show threadCall Me Sam 9h ago

@Hasufin The law is still catching up to technology. Some good information here (California is leading the way)
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_practice/resources/law-technology-today/2019/can-police-force-you-to-unlock-your-cell-phone/

@Brokar @energisch_ @Em0nM4stodon

Can Police Force You to Unlock Your Cell Phone?

A California judge has ruled that—in certain situations—people have a right to keep the contents of their phones private.