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Is this a step forward or a threat to your privacy?
Twitter is considering introducing a digital identity card for its users. Together with the Israeli company AU10TIX, which specializes in cybersecurity, the project will be aimed at combating fraud. However, this decision raises concerns about data privacy.
AU10TIX, a long-time leader in automated verification, has developed similar digital IDs for large technology companies and banks. Its products are used in various industries to detect and prevent fraud.
To implement the project, AU10TIX must create a huge database with the personal information of millions of people. The company's algorithms determine the criteria for detecting fraudsters, but their work is not transparent. In addition to its own AU10TIX database, the company can buy or access private information collected by other companies, governments, law enforcement agencies, courts, intelligence agencies, etc.
In addition, privacy issues arise. Lack of transparency and possible invasion of privacy violate the principles of confidentiality. It is unclear how the company will be able to prevent false positives and allow appeals against the system's decisions.
The AU10TX uses a type of facial recognition technology developed by the SIGNT IDF Unit 8200. The latter develops some of the most advanced surveillance technologies in the world. They are used primarily against the Palestinian population to spy and identify those who may be blackmailed into serving as informants for Israel's Shin Bet (Israel's Counterintelligence service).
It is interesting to note that AU10TIX started its activities by providing services to airports around the world. Its technology was part of the Israeli anti-terrorist expertise and has become very popular all over the world.
No one knows how the company's algorithms determine who is considered suspicious, since the technology is completely opaque. A completely innocent person can become a suspect and be hunted, arrested, or imprisoned for reasons that Shin Bet will never reveal, even in a lawsuit.
Companies like NSO Group, Circles, Candiru, Cellebrite, and AUTO10TIX are products of the Israeli state's surveillance. These products are exported to totalitarian states, where they are used to arrest, imprison, and even kill human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists.
In addition to the above problems, it is worth paying attention to how social platforms, including Twitter, treat their customer databases — they consider them real treasures. However, the company can also use your photos as it sees fit. For example, Musk may sell your data to other companies or use it for targeted advertising, even if you don't want to be the target of such advertising. The main danger is that if you provide your photo, for example, to Elon Musk, you will not be able to control how it will be used in the future.
People who want to get a "Blue checkmark" status on Twitter should be aware of the possible risks. This project can mean a significant invasion of users privacy and the use of their data in an unknown way. The innovation can be both a salvation from scammers and a nightmare for law-abiding users.
Twitter is considering introducing a digital identity card for its users. Together with the Israeli company AU10TIX, which specializes in cybersecurity, the project will be aimed at combating fraud. However, this decision raises concerns about data privacy.
AU10TIX, a long-time leader in automated verification, has developed similar digital IDs for large technology companies and banks. Its products are used in various industries to detect and prevent fraud.
To implement the project, AU10TIX must create a huge database with the personal information of millions of people. The company's algorithms determine the criteria for detecting fraudsters, but their work is not transparent. In addition to its own AU10TIX database, the company can buy or access private information collected by other companies, governments, law enforcement agencies, courts, intelligence agencies, etc.
In addition, privacy issues arise. Lack of transparency and possible invasion of privacy violate the principles of confidentiality. It is unclear how the company will be able to prevent false positives and allow appeals against the system's decisions.
The AU10TX uses a type of facial recognition technology developed by the SIGNT IDF Unit 8200. The latter develops some of the most advanced surveillance technologies in the world. They are used primarily against the Palestinian population to spy and identify those who may be blackmailed into serving as informants for Israel's Shin Bet (Israel's Counterintelligence service).
It is interesting to note that AU10TIX started its activities by providing services to airports around the world. Its technology was part of the Israeli anti-terrorist expertise and has become very popular all over the world.
No one knows how the company's algorithms determine who is considered suspicious, since the technology is completely opaque. A completely innocent person can become a suspect and be hunted, arrested, or imprisoned for reasons that Shin Bet will never reveal, even in a lawsuit.
Companies like NSO Group, Circles, Candiru, Cellebrite, and AUTO10TIX are products of the Israeli state's surveillance. These products are exported to totalitarian states, where they are used to arrest, imprison, and even kill human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists.
In addition to the above problems, it is worth paying attention to how social platforms, including Twitter, treat their customer databases — they consider them real treasures. However, the company can also use your photos as it sees fit. For example, Musk may sell your data to other companies or use it for targeted advertising, even if you don't want to be the target of such advertising. The main danger is that if you provide your photo, for example, to Elon Musk, you will not be able to control how it will be used in the future.
People who want to get a "Blue checkmark" status on Twitter should be aware of the possible risks. This project can mean a significant invasion of users privacy and the use of their data in an unknown way. The innovation can be both a salvation from scammers and a nightmare for law-abiding users.
