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> During their latest tour stop, Massive Attack shocked fans by integrating facial recognition into the show itself. Live video feeds captured audience faces, processing them through recognition software and projecting the results as part of the visual experience.
> During their latest tour stop, Massive Attack shocked fans by integrating facial recognition into the show itself. Live video feeds captured audience faces, processing them through recognition software and projecting the results as part of the visual experience.
#Bristol band uses live facial recognition on concertgoers to create uncomfortable art about surveillance culture
#privacy #biometrics
#Bristol band uses live facial recognition on concertgoers to create uncomfortable art about surveillance culture
#privacy #biometrics
New[ish] Privacy Guides article 🪪🚫
by me:
Age verification laws have been multiplying in recent years. This is extremely bad news for your privacy rights.
While framed as a measure to
protect the children, collecting more data on every users of the internet endangers everyone, including the children.
This isn't a protective measure,
this is authoritarian policies normalizing mass surveillance and silencing dissidents.
It could very much become
the end of pseudonymity online,
if we do not push back against it.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
#PrivacyGuides#Privacy#AgeVerification#GDPR#Biometrics#MassSurveillance
Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.
The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.
That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky
New[ish] Privacy Guides article 🪪🚫
by me:
Age verification laws have been multiplying in recent years. This is extremely bad news for your privacy rights.
While framed as a measure to
protect the children, collecting more data on every users of the internet endangers everyone, including the children.
This isn't a protective measure,
this is authoritarian policies normalizing mass surveillance and silencing dissidents.
It could very much become
the end of pseudonymity online,
if we do not push back against it.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
#PrivacyGuides#Privacy#AgeVerification#GDPR#Biometrics#MassSurveillance
Age verification is a goldrush for providers who don’t need certification.
The risks to the privacy and security of our sensitive personal data are high.
It didn’t need to be this way. Our digital rights should come first.
Our website explains what the UK Online Safety Act means for users and site owners with age verification ⬇️
https://www.ageverificationfacts.org.uk/
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act could’ve required proper regulation of age verification providers and given us a choice.
We should be able to pick a provider with high privacy standards that can work for any and every platform. It could and should be interoperable.
Instead, we either accept what we’re given or lose access to chunks of the Internet.
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Age verification is a goldrush for providers who don’t need certification.
The risks to the privacy and security of our sensitive personal data are high.
It didn’t need to be this way. Our digital rights should come first.
Our website explains what the UK Online Safety Act means for users and site owners with age verification ⬇️
https://www.ageverificationfacts.org.uk/
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.
The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.
That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky
Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.
The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.
That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky
The UK Online Safety Act could’ve required proper regulation of age verification providers and given us a choice.
We should be able to pick a provider with high privacy standards that can work for any and every platform. It could and should be interoperable.
Instead, we either accept what we’re given or lose access to chunks of the Internet.
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Anyone using Grindr will have to upload an ID document and photos to US company Facetec. https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/03/grindr-uk-age-assurance-security/ what could go wrong?! #privacy #onlinesafety #biometrics
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