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X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history for ‘safety, security, and identification purposes’

fortune.com Musk’s X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history

The company said it may also use user data to train A.I. models.

X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history for ‘safety, security, and identification purposes’::The company said it may use user data to train A.I. models.

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But don't you dare inquire about the location of Elon's jet.
- That would be so bad for the privacy of the owner of Twitter... Can't let that happen to him! That is for the common folk!

I don't know any real people that use twitter. Like they have accounts apparently, but they haven't been used in over a decade.
- That's the funny part, it's a botnet
- I'm allowing my account to languish and block all their trackers and shit.

What the fuck is "X"
- It's just Twitter that is trying to rebrand so we forget how shitty they are.
  
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  What is Twitter ? /s
- Twitter trying to make fetch happen.

Next it'll start recommending you to follow your classmates. Might even ask your coworkers and boss to follow your account as well. Who's that "furrylover69" that starts to appear in your feed? Oh right, it's Steve from accounting.

I'm feeling a fat fine in EU. Can't wait.

Hell no. As soon as I see a new privacy policy, that's the time I delete my Twitter account.
I know it's X now, but I subscribed to Twitter and will call it like that.
There's no need to indulge Elon Musk just because he's rich, he's a spoiled kid.
- Hell no. As soon as I see a new privacy policy, that's the time I delete my Twitter account.
  No, the time is now, it was yesterday,… months ago. Please people, stop fooling yourself.
  
  I deleted my account as soon as the takeover got official. Fuck Elon. People still staying on Twitter are delusional.
  I know, there are some artists who depend on their following on Twitter for exposure. But I think they can band together and pick a Mastodon instance to migrate to and direct their followers. That would be better than having your account suspended without reason or get doxxed because you submitted your government ID to Twitter and they got hacked.
  
  But that would require caring enough to put the effort into deleting the account.
  I'd rather just leave my account unused and taking up space. Then I don't have to visit the site.
  
  Went ahead and deleted today, wasn't an active user, but it's not a platform I want to support in the slightest.
- Don't deadname Elon's platform. Elon would never deadname people... Oh wait.

A huge "No thank you"!!!!!!!

Elon Musk is still getting owned on his own platform and is assembling the most sophisticated ad hominem generator known to man.
"Elon the state of Tesla bodywork is unacceptable and at this rate the Cybertruck will never launch"
CALCULATING RESPONSE: BIOMETRIC DATA SUGGESTS USER BMI ABOVE AVERAGE
"Yeah well you're fat fucking gotem"

Repeat after me...get fucked Elon.
- He's one of a handful of people in my book who do not have the honour of being called by their name.

This is the best summary I could come up with:
Key changes in the updated version include clauses about X collecting users’ biometric data as well as information on their employment and educational backgrounds.
The firm already used user data for various purposes, including personalizing its services, conducting research and surveys, and “fostering safety and security”—all of those practices will continue to stand under the new privacy policy.
For example, fingerprint or facial recognition could enable more secure and convenient user authentication, while education and job history data could facilitate networking and professional opportunities.
He explained that it was possible for companies or even governments to misuse this information for monitoring purposes without users’ consent, while storing education and job histories could inadvertently lead to discriminatory practices.
First, if the use of these markers gets broader adoption, it might establish a system where it becomes virtually impossible to remain anonymous on the net, further eroding the very notion of online privacy.”
Pantaleoni drew a parallel to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s plans to scan billions of people’s eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency.
The original article contains 820 words, the summary contains 170 words. Saved 79%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

Link to archive.com because paywalls suck

Why would anyone use twitter now?
Edit: i meant to say twitter, not twitter

- Leave it up, and don't use it. Let them carry dead weight.

While the potential misuse of highly personal information by private companies is indeed a concern, I believe we may be overlooking a key point that the article doesn't fully address: Musk's ambition to create a "super app". I haven't delved deeply into this concept, but I've pondered it a bit. The question that comes to mind is: why would someone choose to develop an app for Twitter instead of Android or iOS?
Apart from the obvious advantage of not having to develop for two separate platforms, there's also the benefit of user identification. This, I believe, will be a major draw for many services. The ability to verify a user's identity at the ID level, even down to their fingerprint, is a significant advantage. From a technical standpoint, it's impressive, but consider the legal implications as well. It's incredibly convenient for those offering sensitive services.
If this approach proves successful and attracts companies, government entities, and so on, and if Twitter becomes the platform where we can easily renew our driving licenses, pay municipal taxes, and handle other tedious tasks, would we be willing to exchange our personal data for such convenience? Perhaps those of us reading this comment wouldn't, at least initially, but I suspect the majority of people would.
- I believe the Chinese already have it.
  Apple isn't far behind. Transferring funds, iPhones have biometric authentication, GPS in every phone, account mandated. The future is handed to our technical overlords on a platter for a bit of convenience.
  
  They do, it's called Weibo and Elon has explicitly said he's trying to make an app like it

yep I won't be logging into x anytime soon

So they can sell ads safe and secure to those who will be hit hardest by them?

Musk/Zuckerburg are magnitudes worse and more criminal than the Chinese/Russian governments.
- This just reeks... What does this add to the conversation. Guess what they all suck and I don't think we need to downplay the atrocities brought on by the Chinese and Russian governments.
  
  I didn't downplay

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