Mastodawn

Have you had your identity verified on LinkedIn to get the blue tick? If so, I’m afraid I have to tell you that your passport, ID and biometric data are now stored with ‘Persona Identities’, a company funded by Peter Thiel, which has already been cross-referenced with numerous US government databases. This data is shared with any US authorities at their discretion.
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
#LinkedIn #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

nini 5d ago

Fight for the Future 5d ago

We need corporations to cut contracts with Flock! Lowe’s is one of their biggest customers & anyone in their Lowe’s parking lots could be targeted by ICE. Lowe’s is worried this makes them look bad –with enough pressure we can get them to drop Flock! Dozens of cities, incl Eugene, OR & Denver, CO have turned their Flock cameras and/or canceled their contracts & your city can too! Use our toolkit to launch a campaign targeting local contracts w/Flock + ALPR companies:
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/flockout/#lowes

FLOCK Out

SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT MAKE US SAFER Flock is a surveillance company that sells Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) and partners with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and law enforcement to target people during immigration raids and to investigate people who travel for abortion care. Dozens of cities across the nation have already taken a stand […]

Fight for the Future

Washy and me

De Niro has it right. The American people can agree on some things after all.

nini Mar 19

Nonilex Mar 19

#GiftArticle

I Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis. What Is Coming May Be Worse
- Richard Bookstaber

“…We have returned to a period of risk, one rife with the sort of pressures that have led to major financial crises. This time, the risks are spread across industries, markets & nations∶ #ArtificialIntelligence, the roughly $2 trillion private #credit industry, #StockMarkets, #Taiwan & now #Iran…”

#economy #Trump #inflation #tariffs #war #CostOfLiving #energy #recession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/opinion/financial-crisis-private-credit-ai-iran-taiwan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UVA.yTzr.YtftnMqyQMfl&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | I Predicted the 2008 Financial Crisis. What Is Coming May Be Worse.

Richard Bookstaber warns that what appears to be disparate forces adding risk to our economy are all part of one deeply connected system.

The New York Times

nini Mar 17

Steve Herman Mar 17

NCTC Director Joe Kent resigns in protest over the war with Iran, citing a lack of imminent threats and Israel lobby pressure.

nini Mar 16

Inspirational Skeletor💀Mar 16

nini Mar 11

ProPublica Mar 11

DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
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The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #DHS #Data #Children #Privacy #Government #USPolitics #Law #DomesticViolence

DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases

ProPublica

nini Mar 8

Ashley Mar 8

Figures we get a women’s day and it’s only 23 hours

nini Mar 8

Nick Peers Mar 7

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