When your password leaks:→ Change your password→ Problem solved
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When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solvedWhen your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases foreverThis is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.
🧵 So what can you do about it?
Discord isn't the only platform pushing biometric surveillance.
More platforms will follow. "Age verification" is just the beginning.
Here's what I'm doing about it:
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🧵 So what can you do about it?
Discord isn't the only platform pushing biometric surveillance.
More platforms will follow. "Age verification" is just the beginning.
Here's what I'm doing about it:
I'm building @Snugg - social media that will NEVER require:
Facial recognition Fingerprint scans Biometric data of any kindWhy? Because we chose a business model that doesn't need surveillance.
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I'm building @Snugg - social media that will NEVER require:
Facial recognition Fingerprint scans Biometric data of any kindWhy? Because we chose a business model that doesn't need surveillance.
Subscription model = we serve users, not advertisers.
No ads = no need for behavioral tracking
No tracking = no biometric data to "verify" you
No biometric data = nothing permanent to breachSimple.
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Subscription model = we serve users, not advertisers.
No ads = no need for behavioral tracking
No tracking = no biometric data to "verify" you
No biometric data = nothing permanent to breachSimple.
We're launching March 2026.
Features:
End-to-end encryption (messages + metadata) Chronological feed (no algorithm) Open source (auditable code) Fediverse compatible (ActivityPub) €5/month (founding members get lifetime discount) -
We're launching March 2026.
Features:
End-to-end encryption (messages + metadata) Chronological feed (no algorithm) Open source (auditable code) Fediverse compatible (ActivityPub) €5/month (founding members get lifetime discount)If 700+ of you care enough to boost the problem,
Maybe some of you want to be part of the solution?
Founding member waitlist (first 500 get lifetime 40% discount):
https://snugg.socialNo biometric data. Not now. Not ever.
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@capitainesam unless your profile photo is fake your face data leaked already. I am not sure I understand the concern about face biometrics in a world where we all expose this readily on social media.
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@capitainesam Don't use biometrics to unlock phones. Police and criminals can grab your hand or aim the phone at your face to unlock your phone regardless of your wishes. They have to ask you for password/PIN; they don't have to ask to simply stick your finger on the phone screen or point the phone at your face.
@dancingtreefrog
This might help, it's shake and lock feature to be exact:
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.paranoid.privacylockAndroid advanced security also has this feature, but it adds blocking non-Play app installs and updates.
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I'm building @Snugg - social media that will NEVER require:
Facial recognition Fingerprint scans Biometric data of any kindWhy? Because we chose a business model that doesn't need surveillance.
@capitainesam looks like you tagged a random person.
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When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solvedWhen your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases foreverThis is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.
@capitainesam One of the 1.000.000.000 reasons.
Same with ID. It has a biometric photo on it. If scanned accurately, it can, AND WILL, be used to identify you.
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@jfml @capitainesam I would hope that your phone takes a "fingerprint" of your fingerprint, i.e. enough to verify but not reconstruct.
@ill_logic @jfml @capitainesam every proper implementation hashes the fingerprint, just like you don't store clear text passwords in the shadow file...
The question is, is this a proper implementation on phones...
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