Em :official_verified:

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ยท Joined โจAprโฉ โจ2022โฉ

Public interest technologist and digital rights activist, with a focus on privacy rights, privacy laws, and privacy technologies.

I'm a consultant, writer, researcher, advocate, programmer, and designer (from a previous career).

Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy.

Member of the @lockdownsystems collective ๐Ÿข

Previously ๐Ÿ”’
Journalist + Activism & Outreach Lead at @privacyguides

Currently ๐Ÿ‘‡
Available for a new remote opportunity!

Located in Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
She/Her ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Privacy tips: #TinyPrivacyTip
Mastodon tips: #TinyMastodonTip
Other hashtags I talk about:
#DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #FOSS #OpenSource #NoAI

Secondary accounts (don't contact me there):
๐Ÿ˜ infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon
๐Ÿ˜ mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon

#nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive #fedi22

This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis :awesome:

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 it escalates.

We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now.

#Privacy #Biometrics #DataMinimization #AgeVerification