DatenschutzBob<p>🧵1/2</p><p>Currently, there seems to be a strong movement in aviation to promote <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a> as useful.<br>First, Ryanair attracted attention with a facial scan, as this was an obvious violation of the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>.<br>As <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noybeu</span></a></span> *1 reported in December 2024, this also involves mandatory accounts.</p><p>Now airports are also appearing with biometrics advertising. For example, Berlin Airport (BER) is promoting the "service" 'BER Biometrics' *0.<br>So far, I haven't been able to find any critical posts on the topic. However, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://systemli.social/@anneroth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anneroth</span></a></span> had already asked about experiments<br>in December 2024 *2. Currently, amenities such as faster onboarding are being advertised.</p><p>*0 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250717133952/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/ausgewaehlt/ber-biometrics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025071713</span><span class="invisible">3952/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/ausgewaehlt/ber-biometrics.html</span></a></p><p>*1 <a href="https://noyb.eu/de/want-book-ryanair-flight-prepare-face-scan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noyb.eu/de/want-book-ryanair-f</span><span class="invisible">light-prepare-face-scan</span></a></p><p>*2 <a href="https://norden.social/@anneroth@systemli.social/113597179181329089" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norden.social/@anneroth@system</span><span class="invisible">li.social/113597179181329089</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ReclaimYourFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReclaimYourFace</span></a></p>
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AI Update: You’re Only as Old as Your YouTube History
https://idtechwire.com/ai-update-youre-only-as-old-as-your-youtube-history/
ID Tech · AI Update: You're Only as Old as Your YouTube History - ID TechThis week’s AI Update covers Ambiq’s IPO, billion-dollar fundraises by Anthropic and OpenAI, Meta’s push toward superintelligence, Apple’s AI talent exodus, and YouTube’s new AI age-verification system.
youtu.be- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
#Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access #Explicit Content
#privacy #facialrecognition #biometrics
https://www.404media.co/spotify-uk-age-check-verification-yoti/
404 Media · Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit ContentSubmit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
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Facial recognition technology “may take advantage of already ubiquitous existing camera infrastructure” and is “often mined without our consent for biometrics.” Read our TPPA support letter: epic.org/wp-content/u...
#FacialRecognition #FRT #TSA #Biometrics
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I am seeing people with #laptops asking about using fingerprint unlocking. I really don't recommend doing this anymore if you live in the United States like I do. In fact, I don't recommend using #biometrics at all for any #mobile devices.
The courts have generally ruled that you can be compelled to unlock your device via biometrics for law enforcement to search without a warrant for search incident to arrest. Courts have reasoned that you have less expectation of privacy with your biometrics. However, with a password, courts have reasoned you have a heightened expectation of privacy and generally cannot be compelled to give up your password as you have protections from the 5th amendment self-incrimination clause.
In summary, it's best to disable biometric unlocking on laptops and mobile devices. You also really want to implement full disk encryption on your laptop and encryption on your smart phones.
Roblox’s New #AgeVerification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video #Selfies
#Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new #TrustedConnections feature that gives users access to #unfiltered chatting with people they know.
#privacy #biometrics
WIRED · Roblox’s New Age Verification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video Selfies
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/
Privacy Guides · Age Verification Wants Your Face, and Your Privacy
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Irish Civil Liberties Group Urges Government to Drop Appeal Over Unlawful Biometric Data Collection
ID Tech · Irish Civil Liberties Group Urges Government to Drop Appeal Over Unlawful Biometric Data Collection - ID TechIreland’s civil rights watchdog calls on the government to accept a landmark GDPR ruling that found biometric data collection under the Public Services Card program unlawful, amid broader European scrutiny of biometric privacy.
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
The Verge · Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
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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 
Age Verification FactsAge Verification Facts – Privacy & Security Guide for UK Users - Age Verification FactsThe Online Safety Act introduces age verification for all adult content sites in the UK. Learn what this means for UK users.
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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.
The Danish government is planning to tackle the issue of AI-generated deepfakes by granting citizens property rights over their likeness and voice.
The proposed legislation would mean that people who find their features have been used to create a deepfake would have the right to ask the platforms that host the content to take it down
#denmark #copyright #deepfake #biometrics #artificialintelligence #AI #GenAI #LLM
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/business/denmark-ai-law-scli-intl
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
This biometric systems built for one reason can be repurposed for another, a constant fear and critique from civil liberties proponents of facial recognition tools.
#ice #dhs #facialrecognition #biometrics #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech
404 Media · ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails ShowThe new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.
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#soil #america #Youtube #Bitchute #bannedvideo #EMP #meteorite #radiation #slave #forbidden #lockdown #virus #Herbal #paleontologie #latino #mexico #colony #cloning #transplants #Cyborg #genetic #crisis #pseudo #strategic #plan #gold #military #calamity #aesthetic #underground #permadeath #cult #fallout #medieval #kingdom #renaissance #pirate #minecraft #deepweb #hacking #hollowearth #blackhole #starwars #lotr #dune #HarryPotter #roguelike #renew_energy
My notes from @madianou 's book "Technocolonialism" - I really enjoyed how clearly it was argued, how it tied together the logics of both techno-solutionism and colonialism in digital humanitarianism and how these played out in particular technologies such as #biometrics.
My key critique would be how to undo these logics - but perhaps that's for another volume.
https://blog.kathyreid.id.au/2025/06/25/book-review-technocolonialism-by-mirca-madianou/
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"Sicherheit, Freiheit, Recht und Schutz für EU-Bürger und Schutzsuchende (Flüchtlinge) sowie Humanität und Ordnung durch technologischen Fortschritt und modernste Technologie."
#biometrics #EULisa #Artificialintelligence
London Police Made Over 1,000 Arrests Using Live Facial Recognition
https://idtechwire.com/london-police-make-over-1000-arrests-using-live-facial-recognition/
ID Tech · London Police Made Over 1,000 Arrests Using Live Facial Recognition - ID TechThe Met Police have made 1,035 arrests in 2024 with Live Facial Recognition, up from 540 in 2024, as debate grows over biometric surveillance and privacy.