@evacide
One of the many reasons to be against #ageverification software

It gives the wrong people & companies tons of data, often #biometric ones

Therefore we transfers #power exactly the wrong people & #corporations

And as we can know latest since #Edwardsnowden companies do share data with governments

The cornerstone of the #chinese #surveillance #state is #realnameregistration

Don't give #biometrics to #evilcorp, especially not for cheap thrills

Do not hand data to #fascists

#resist

#DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces and #Fingerprints Across Agencies

#HomelandSecurity aims to combine its face and #fingerprint systems into one big #biometric platform—after dismantling centralized #privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
#facialrecognition #ice #privacy #security #facerecognition #immigration #deportation

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

#DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces and #Fingerprints Across Agencies

#HomelandSecurity aims to combine its face and #fingerprint systems into one big #biometric platform—after dismantling centralized #privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
#facialrecognition #ice #privacy #security #facerecognition #immigration #deportation

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

Trump, #ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents

“The Trump administration and agencies like the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ICE) militia currently terrorising US cities will be quietly given direct access to Australians’ #biometric information and ID documents by the Albanese government, in response to a US demand for tighter security for all countries with Visa Waiver Program arrangements.”

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/australian-biometric-id-data-access-donald-trump-ice/ [acct. req’d]

I don’t believe this has started yet but it looks like it’s on the cards as the deadline is end of this year 😕

#AusPol
#privacy
#biometrics
#ESTA
#EBSP

No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's #Surveillance Nightmare

In the ad, the company previewed future surveillance of our streets: a world where #biometric #identification could be unleashed from consumer devices to #identify , #track, & locate anything — human, pet, & otherwise.

The ad for Ring’s “ #SearchParty ” feature highlighted the #doorbell camera’s ability to scan footage across #Ring devices in a neighborhood, using #AI analysis
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0

No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's #Surveillance Nightmare

In the ad, the company previewed future surveillance of our streets: a world where #biometric #identification could be unleashed from consumer devices to #identify , #track, & locate anything — human, pet, & otherwise.

The ad for Ring’s “ #SearchParty ” feature highlighted the #doorbell camera’s ability to scan footage across #Ring devices in a neighborhood, using #AI analysis
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0

Trump, #ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents

“The Trump administration and agencies like the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ICE) militia currently terrorising US cities will be quietly given direct access to Australians’ #biometric information and ID documents by the Albanese government, in response to a US demand for tighter security for all countries with Visa Waiver Program arrangements.”

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/australian-biometric-id-data-access-donald-trump-ice/ [acct. req’d]

I don’t believe this has started yet but it looks like it’s on the cards as the deadline is end of this year 😕

#AusPol
#privacy
#biometrics
#ESTA
#EBSP

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

Do you want #GATTACA ❓ Because this is how you get GATTACA...

They're talking about going house to house gathering your #DNA to biometrically identify immigrants. Just a little madness.

#News #PublicPolicy #Privacy #Biometric #DNA #Biometrics

https://reason.com/2026/01/09/dhs-invokes-immigration-enforcement-to-justify-gathering-americans-dna

NYC Wegmans is collecting and storing shoppers’ facial, eye, and voice biometrics just for entering the store.

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces

#nyc #wegmans #biometric #data #privacy #surveillance
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NYC Wegmans is collecting and storing shoppers’ facial, eye, and voice biometrics just for entering the store.

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces

#nyc #wegmans #biometric #data #privacy #surveillance
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While the #US has become an authoritarian state that tramples on the rights and freedoms of people around the world, EU member states want to grant US authorities direct and far-reaching access to #biometric data stored in European #police databases. 😠

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Biometrics-Deal-EU-Council-Paves-Way-for-US-Data-Exchange-11120427.html

#HumanRights #DigitalRights #privacy

While the #US has become an authoritarian state that tramples on the rights and freedoms of people around the world, EU member states want to grant US authorities direct and far-reaching access to #biometric data stored in European #police databases. 😠

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Biometrics-Deal-EU-Council-Paves-Way-for-US-Data-Exchange-11120427.html

#HumanRights #DigitalRights #privacy

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your #ID or Scan Your Face to Watch #Porn

As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive #ageVerification laws that require adults to hand over their #biometric and personal #identification to access legal porn.

#Missouri became the 25th state to enact its own age verification law on Sunday. As it’s done in multiple other states, #Pornhub and its network of sister sites—pulled service in Missouri
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

The Legal Case Against Ring’s #FaceRecognition Feature | @eff

#Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state #biometric #privacy laws.

#Ring plans to introduce a feature to its home #surveillance cameras called “Familiar Faces,” to identify specific people who come into view of the #camera.
#familiarfaces #biometrics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/legal-case-against-rings-face-recognition-feature

The Legal Case Against Ring’s #FaceRecognition Feature | @eff

#Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state #biometric #privacy laws.

#Ring plans to introduce a feature to its home #surveillance cameras called “Familiar Faces,” to identify specific people who come into view of the #camera.
#familiarfaces #biometrics

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/legal-case-against-rings-face-recognition-feature

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your #ID or Scan Your Face to Watch #Porn

As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive #ageVerification laws that require adults to hand over their #biometric and personal #identification to access legal porn.

#Missouri became the 25th state to enact its own age verification law on Sunday. As it’s done in multiple other states, #Pornhub and its network of sister sites—pulled service in Missouri
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/missouri-age-verification-law-porn-id-check-vpns/

Excellent points by John Pane of @EFA in conversation with Raf Epstein this morning on ABC Melbourne concerning the #biometric #data that is captured during age assurance - and the #privacy dangers it presents.

Are you comfortable with social media companies or third parties they outsource to retaining biometric data such as images of your face?

John also covers the concept of #SurveillanceCapitalism (per Shoshana Zuboff) that underpins social media business models, and calls for greater duty of care to be placed upon those platforms.

We need privacy reform now.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-mornings/is-social-media-stealing-your-face/105728920