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X is working on ID verification, what’s next? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Jat620DH27@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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First, I'm not going to give any social media my ID.

If someone intends to expose your ID to hackers due to Twitter's poor security performance, this presents a perfect occasion for them.

I don't know why these social media companies are so fixated on asking for personal information. And I'm sure this is just the beginning of Elon's grand plan.

Perhaps it's time to abandon Twitter and move to other fediverse or decentralised platforms? I would love to see a mass migration.

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[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 87 points 10 months ago

First, I'm not going to give any social media my ID. If someone intends to expose your ID to hackers...

This doesn't have anything to do with hackers. I'm not going to give any social media my ID, period.

[-] dan@lemm.ee 59 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Basically the only reason to collect that level of ID if you’re not a bank is so you can fulfil anti-money laundering requirements necessary to allow trading of some commodity, or currency.

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

They also do it to harm sex workers.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

Wait! The darling of the conspiracy theory wingnut flat earther, pizzagate crowd is pushing government certified identification requirements???

We have found the number of the beast, and it is X (and the neurochip he's pushing)

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

It's always the guys the conspiracy theorists love most that do the shadiest shit.

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[-] sneaky_b45tard@feddit.de 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Surely it's for a mechanism to prevent hatespeech, right? Right?

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 17 points 10 months ago

X is going to be a WeChat clone. Social features will become tacked on and transformed to fit. Musk will take a page out of the CCP's playbook in moderating the platform.

Twitter's zombified corpse will go on while former Twitter features drop away like bits of rotten flesh. Just... look away. Any talk about free speech or microblogging is pointless going forward.

The bird is dead. Pour one out and let her RIP.

[-] FarLine99@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago

mass migration. it would be cool.

[-] alcasa@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 10 months ago

I feel like the fediverse would be better off without a lot of current X users

[-] Jat620DH27@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Many of them are just unaware, but thanks to Elon's great plan, more and more people have started to realize that things are going wrong.

[-] eric5949@lemmy.cloudaf.site 5 points 10 months ago

The nazis yeah but they're going to stay for their daddy Elon anyway.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Facebook pulled that same shit on me in 2011, and I never went back. It was awesome!

[-] sab@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I had to get a Facebook account in order to get an api token (for work). So I used a fake name. That apparently triggered something, because I then also had to supply legal id. What's a guy to do in that case?

Well, obviously the only sensible thing you can do under those circumstances. I just grabbed an example drivers license for my country online, photo shopped my fake name into it, changed since serial numbers, and pasted another face over the black and white photo. The original used a woman's face with curly hair - turns out that if you neatly paste a man's eyes, nose and mouth in there, he looks like a hardrocker. Next step: print it out on paper, take a picture of that from some distance, and submit it to Facebook as proof. Funnily enough, they approved it.

Since I didn't really need to use the account itself, I set it to only accept friend requests from Friends of Friends. But still, whenever I logged in with it, I got a popup that my account was showing "suspicious behaviour". And that's how you submit your id to social media.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

not worth the hassle. honestly, i am thrilled that facebook kicked me out.

[-] sab@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Absolutely. Like I said, I needed it for work, but there's nothing Facebook could give me that would be worth their spying.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Hackers could do so much with this.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 20 points 10 months ago

Hell I’m not going to give my phone my goddamn Id. The further away from cameras my ID is the better.

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[-] AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's optional and only intended towards Premium users, but concerning nonetheless. This ID-gathering is probably not even regulated in a lot of countries - I haven't found any info on such regulation existing. And a migration is in fact happening - but it's more of just people being less interested in the new 'X' form of Twitter with all of its restrictions. That part of the cake is distributed between platforms like Mastodon/*key, Threads, Bluesky and Tumblr, not to mention Facebook still being a thing too.

[-] Jat620DH27@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That infamous Facebook? No thank you.

[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So you're telling me people are going back to fucking Tumblr? Afaik the reason most migrated to twitter in the first place is still there

[-] veloxy@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I haven’t found any info on such regulation existing

In Belgium, the RRN (SSN) is considered confidential data and its use is restricted to specific purposes, typically related to administrative, legal, or public interest matters. To ask for RRN, you'd need authorization and it's highly unlikely you'd get it just to validate someone's social media account.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

So what are people paying $8/mo for then? Just a stupid emoji next to their name? (yes lol)

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 months ago

These posts seem to always fail to mention that this only applies to accounts that want the verified tag. I'm just as uninterested in sending them a picture of my ID as the rest of you but it's not the most unreasonable thing to ask when you want a blue checkmark which by definition means that you are who you claim to be. Or atleast that's what it used to mean.

[-] youthinkyouknowme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Honest question, wasn't it like this if you wanted a check mark before the nut job took the company?

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[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

Verify you have access to Photoshop and a color printer.

[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Nah I'm just gonna use a papers please passport

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Because personal information = money, they can sell your data and they can also target you better with different ads to try and generate more clickable ads for you

[-] solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Facebook did this to me like 10 years ago. I think someone reported my profile as fake, even though I created mine in 2006. They asked for a form of government ID to be sent to them, I did an MS paint line drawing of an ID card. They blocked my account for good with no way to even try again. I wasn't going to send them anything anyways but I thought it was hilarious that they actually wanted me to do that.

[-] Tzig@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

But think about it though, it could be a way for X users that are prone to identity theft to be easily recognizable, like for instance if you're notable enough they could verify your ID and then give something to your profile so people know it's the real you! I'm thinking maybe a Blue X ?

You all can't see Musk's genius, that's all.

[-] _pete_@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

The best time to leave Twitter was when Elon took over, the second best time is right now.

I think would be a step too far for most

[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

What does “verification” even mean in this context? I thought to get verified now, all you had to do was pay $8

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

imagine giving musk of all people access to your ID

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I'm going to need the IDs of all Twixxer employees first. Gotta verify that my data is in safe hands, after all.

[-] Jat620DH27@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Lmao. Fair enough.

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[-] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Come on guys, stop using it. If ya need a sponsor, I am willing.

[-] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

So it begins. With this they can track through the net easier, and block you from internet for good. Freedom on Net is dying.

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

And out political activists to dictators, their secret police, their street henchmen, etc.

[-] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

When Elon bought Twitter:

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[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

the beginning of Elon's grand plan

funny you think this man has a plan

[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

wait, isn't it for those who want to be verified? like previous checkmark etc?

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[-] gameboyhomeboy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I've been slowly moving away from the application formerly known as Twitter for months. I can't think of a large company I'd trust less with my personal information. This is going to accelerate my departure

[-] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Is it turning into a real porn site now?

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