Oh boy more data for them to mine.
A pop-up window for the feature notes that X is partnering with Israel-based verification company AU10TIX to facilitate the new authorization feature.
So if AU10TIX ends up getting hacked, like MoveIt, someone would be able to dox every neonazi a single go.
challenge accepted?
When I think of Israel based Software Corps I think of NSO Group. And I don’t like NSO Group. Am I unrightfully biased?
They a subsidiary of a (sort of) Dutch firm ICTS. Their Wikipedia page is interesting:
Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk’s PR work for free.
Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.
Not a good decision here.
It’ll be easier to dox dissident to rouge states.
Because this worked so well with Parler and Truth Social, lol
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) will now let paid users verify their accounts using a government ID in a bid to prevent impersonation and “maintain the integrity of the platform.” According to X’s updated verification policy (first seen via TechCrunch), the company may also request a government-issued ID “when needed” and is exploring additional measures to protect users from spam, malicious accounts, and content that isn’t age-appropriate.
All verification information — including photographs of user IDs and “extracted biometric data” — may be stored by AU10TIX for up to 30 days.
This may explain why X updated its privacy policy at the end of August to include carveouts for “biometric information.”
Additional benefits like a simplified review process needed to obtain a blue checkmark and greater flexibility to make account changes (including profile photo, display name, and user handle) are also in development.
X says it will also provide the option to use ID verification for “certain X features” as a means to increase trust in its platform.
ID-based verification is currently available in “numerous countries,” but X did not elaborate on specific locations.
The original article contains 372 words, the summary contains 187 words. Saved 50%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Just reading the text on the X site has some interesting contradictions, such as:
Benefits: Benefit from increased trust from other users who will see your ID verification label when they hover over your blue check mark.
More benefits to come: Speed up the process of obtaining a blue check mark through a simplified review process.
Translation: “You can trust us more because we will take more shortcuts in verifying people.”
If you’re dumb enough to trust Musk with that info I’ll have no sympathy for you when it inevitably gets hacked.
