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Exposed Persona Frontend Reveals Extensive Biometric Surveillance Stack Behind Age Verification - ID Tech

Security researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification implementation have discovered a publicly exposed frontend belonging to Persona Identities, Inc., revealing that the identity-verification vendor’s platform performs far more extensive checks than users […]

Facebook’s newest privacy problem: ‘Faceprint’ data

A court case moves forward over whether the social network is breaking the law for not asking your explicit permission for scanning and storing your facial features.

Social media companies are fighting the 'age verification trap' as collecting biometrics on kids violates privacy rights | Fortune

Big Social is reaching its Big Tobacco moment as it regulations intensify and social media companies look to implement age verification methods on its platforms.

Hack of Age Verification Company Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media

We’ve said it before: online age verification is incompatible with privacy. Companies responsible for storing or processing sensitive documents like drivers’ licenses are likely to encounter data

Who Really Sees Your ID When You Verify Your Age Online? - Intercede

We’re asked to prove our age online more than ever before. Whether we’re accessing social platforms, buying age‑restricted products, or visiting sites that require identity checks by law. Age verification has quickly become a standard part of the digital experience. But as these systems spread, so do the questions around what really happens to the … Continue reading ""

Privacy.com uses identity verification service Persona, which will keep biometric information for "up to" 3 years

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W Social (@wsocial.eu)

This is not a leak. It is public information all our users have given consent when they verified

What to Know About the E.U.’s New Age Verification App for Social Media

The E.U.’s new age verification app aims to address concerns raised by tech platforms around privacy and enforcement.

What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why? | Hacker News

Facebook tracks virtually every website you visit, as well as usage data from many apps, even if you aren't logged in to facebook or don't have an account. We use this data, and tie it to your identity whenever possible, so we can charge advertisers more money.

Now sites can fingerprint you online even when you use multiple browsers

Online tracking gets more accurate and harder to evade.

A better web

The web as it is today is, by design, ridden with hostility. The problems faced by its users fall into three main categories: ownership of identity, ownership of data, and surveillance capitalism. Websites want to own the identity of their users. This results in compromising either the convenience by having to log in to every site separately – or security and privacy, by outsourcing identity control to other third-party sites (“Would you like to log in with your Google or Facebook account?”), thus disclosing movements throughout the internet.

Am I Unique ?

Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internet

Personal data from verification process public: W Social downplays

Social network W Social wants to set itself apart from the competition by verifying all accounts. The fact that some collected data is public is not a mistake.

Public by Design: How W Social Makes Their Verified Users’ Personal Details Visible on the Open Web

A blog post explaining how the social network W Social is publishing as a record on the open social web the full names, nationalities and approximate birthdays of their verified users - who may be unaware this information is available for all to see, outside of the social network.