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Starting next month, X's updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users' biometric data and other personal information.

Under the revised policy, which takes effect September 29, X (formerly known as Twitter) "may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security and identification purposes" so long as the user provides consent.

The biometric data collection is for X Premium users only, the company told CBS MoneyWatch when reached for further information.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Our new privacy policy is as follows: you don't have any.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Forgive my ignorance, but do mobile devices even store biometric data ? I was under the impression that our biometric data would be hashed and salted and our thumb/face would unlock it, akin to how a normal password flow works..?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Phones shouldn't be allowed to fingerprint users, and it should be illegal for companies to collect its data.