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Em :official_verified:<p>First, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity. </p><p>This will create a large treasure trove <br>of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later. </p><p>Then, they'll claim your official ID is <br>unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data. </p><p>They will collect your face scan, <br>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. </p><p>This will create a large treasure trove <br>of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later. </p><p>Then what? Rinse and escalate. </p><p>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. </p><p>We don't have to wait that it escalates. </p><p>We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biometrics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataMinimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataMinimization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a></p>
Em :official_verified:<p>Exciting Privacy News! 🔒:birdsite: </p><p>If you, like me, are a <br>big fan of deleting you own data online when you do not need it anymore to reduce your digital prints, </p><p>I highly recommend following this amazing project: <a href="https://semiphemeral.com/like-a-phoenix-semiphemeral-will-rise-from-the-ashes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">semiphemeral.com/like-a-phoeni</span><span class="invisible">x-semiphemeral-will-rise-from-the-ashes/</span></a></p><p>Semiphemeral once helped me immensely while deleting my 24,000 tweets to prepare my Twitter-Exit :nes_fire: </p><p>I am extremely pleased to read this tool will not only be brought back by its creator <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>micahflee</span></a></span> but will also have incredible new features!</p><p>All built with a privacy-first mindset ✨</p><p>Thank you Micah! I can't wait to see Semiphemeral fly again.</p><p>Subscribe here to get news of its development and release: <a href="https://semiphemeral.com/#/portal/signup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">semiphemeral.com/#/portal/sign</span><span class="invisible">up</span></a> 👀 </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyNews</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyByDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyByDesign</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataMinimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataMinimization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Semiphemeral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Semiphemeral</span></a></p>
Em :official_verified:<p>Gentle Privacy and Security Reminder <br>for Organizations 🔒🗑:</p><p>One of the easiest way for your organization to not have data stolen in a data breach, is simply to not have this data.</p><p>One of the easiest way to save your organization future headaches and costs is to simply delete thoroughly the data you do not need anymore as soon as you do not need it anymore.</p><p>Whenever possible, it's even better to not collect it at all in the first place.</p><p>You might need to retain some data of course, but when an incident occurs, you will greatly reduce the harm, damage, and cost if you keep only the minimum data required.</p><p>You cannot be held accountable for the data you simply do not have.</p><p>Keep this in mind! ✔️✨</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TinyPrivacyTip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinyPrivacyTip</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataMinimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataMinimization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataDeletion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataDeletion</span></a></p>