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Em :official_verified:

New Privacy Guides article 👁️⛔️
by me:

Last week, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman
announced his ambitious plan for the World project, formerly known as Worldcoin.

The company opened 6 stores where people can go to get their biometric data collected from a creepy iris scanner called The Orb.

But this isn't just a cryptocurrency grift anymore, this is much more dystopian.

In this article, I describe the risk of using such service, the unethical practices the World project has been employing to gather numbers, and how this is a slippery slope towards the normalization of mass surveillance we should all worry about.

Say NO to the Orb!

Don't scan your eyeballs! 👁️🙅‍♀️

privacyguides.org/articles/202

#PrivacyGuides#Privacy#NoAI
Em :official_verified:

Collecting biometrics for
supposedly flawless identification purposes is a false good idea.

Once it gets leaked, and it will inevitably at some point, this identification becomes reproducible and therefore useless. It only seems like a good idea now because not enough of it has been leaked everywhere yet. Yet...

Keep this in mind.

Protect your biometric data as much as feasible: infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon

Infosec ExchangeEm :official_verified: (@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange)Tiny Privacy Tip 👁️🔒✨: Biometric data is one of the most sensitive type of data you have. Why? You cannot change biometric data like you can change a password. If your password gets leaked, you can change it easily 🔑🔑🔑🔑 If your email gets leaked, it's a pain but you can change it ✉️✉️✉️ If your phone number gets leaked, it's an even bigger pain but you still can change it 📞📞 But when your fingerprints, facial print, voice print, keystroke pattern get leaked? It's game over ☠️ You cannot change any of these. Ever. You should be extremely careful about where you are sharing your biometric data and how it is protected. For all biometrics, preventive protection is vital. #TinyPrivacyTip #Privacy #Biometrics #BiometricData
#Privacy#Biometrics#BiometricData
Em :official_verified:

Tiny Privacy Tip 👁️🔒✨:

Biometric data is one of the
most sensitive type of data you have.

Why?

You cannot change biometric data like you can change a password.

If your password gets leaked,
you can change it easily 🔑🔑🔑🔑

If your email gets leaked,
it's a pain but you can change it ✉️✉️✉️

If your phone number gets leaked,
it's an even bigger pain but you still can change it 📞📞

But when your fingerprints, facial print, voice print, keystroke pattern get leaked?

It's game over ☠️
You cannot change any of these.
Ever.

You should be extremely careful about where you are sharing your biometric data and how it is protected.

For all biometrics,
preventive protection is vital.

#TinyPrivacyTip#Privacy#Biometrics
Metacurity

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn’t properly fit into our daily news crush.

This week's selection covers

--Hackers rescued a bricked Polish train,
--The double life of Incognito Market's founder,
--Tricking Wi-Fi networks into less secure connections,
--Cybercriminals are selling Indian police biometric data,
--AI fakes are used to recruit Indian voters,
--Indian fake news verification tools are a bust
#deepfakes #biometricdata #misinformation #hackers #databreach #infosec #cybersecurity
metacurity.com/p/best-infosecr

Metacurity · Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 5/11/24By Cynthia Brumfield
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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social

People who still think that X has any chance at all of being anything like the old #birdsite are delusional. It just gets worse from here.

"X Corp. was named in a proposed class action lawsuit in July over claims that its #DataCollection violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act." #Twitter #TwitterMigration

X wants permission to start collecting your #BiometricData and #EmploymentHistory - The Verge
theverge.com/2023/8/31/2385361

The Verge · X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment historyBy Emma Roth
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beSpacific

@arstechnica "#Threads (#Android, #Apple) potentially collects a wide assortment of #personal #data that remains connected to you, based on the information available in Apple’s App Store, from your purchase history and #PhysicalAddress to your #BrowsingHistory, #HealthInformation. #Sensitive information” is also listed as type of data collected by #Threads app. Some information this could include is your# race, #SexualOrientation, #pregnancy status, and #religion as well as your #biometricdata."

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