Anyone using Grindr will have to upload an ID document and photos to US company Facetec.

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Grindr just introduced this essential security feature for UK users

Grindr has announced that UK-based users will now undergo an essential security check to combat underage use of the software.

what could go wrong?! #privacy #onlinesafety #biometrics

When the facial recognition algorithm says You are guilty. Sorry if a women in Manchester wrongly accused of shoplifting and getting banned from shops despite being innocent.

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Woman mistaken for thief after shop face scan alert

An apparent mix-up led to Danielle Horan was wrongly accused of shoplifting by Home Bargains staff.

#biometrics #news #survillance

Big tech is upping its censorship game. For example you can switch your VPN and watch how Tik Tok now censors different search terms about Trump in different countries. Tested this myself. So much for ‘free speech in the US’. #TikTok #Censorship #Trump

An online cycling community forum says it will shut rather than having to deal with the onerous requirements of the Online Safety Act

LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced) | LFGSS

Before you read on, note that the forum platform is just a piece of technology, and it can be thrown away, what matters are the people, the relatio...

many of us warned they would destroy the best bits of the Internet while trying to tackle the worst.