First, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then, they'll claim your official ID is
unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data.
They will collect your face scan,
your palm scan, and even your iris scan (no exaggeration, these are all already being collected by some companies for identification). They will claim it's super safe.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then what? Rinse and escalate.
You will have lost control of not just your corporate social media accounts by participating to this, but to any data capable of validating your identity, to your privacy rights, to the protections you could use online to stay safe.
We don't have to wait that
... show moreFirst, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then, they'll claim your official ID is
unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data.
They will collect your face scan,
your palm scan, and even your iris scan (no exaggeration, these are all already being collected by some companies for identification). They will claim it's super safe.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then what? Rinse and escalate.
You will have lost control of not just your corporate social media accounts by participating to this, but to any data capable of validating your identity, to your privacy rights, to the protections you could use online to stay safe.
We don't have to wait that it escalates.
We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now.
#Privacy #Biometrics #DataMinimization #AgeVerification
