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"X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history for 'safety, security, and identification purposes'" Also for advertising, monetiza

"X now wants your biometric data, as well as your job and education history for 'safety, security, and identification purposes'" Also for advertising, monetization, tracking, selling services to government agencies, and training their machine learning bots. Not for your benefit, but for X's uses and benefits. You are the product and X wants to sell your info and attention so Elon can earn his money back.

mymythisisthis 3y ago
And when X goes bankrupt/sold that information will also be sold as an asset of the company.
- lost_tourist 3y ago
  Exactly and can be sold many times over to various sources, including government sources.
xNeil 3y ago
>selling services to government agencies What in the world makes you think that? Musk is pretty clearly against this government, and openly so - if he wants to sell services to government agencies, he's definitely on the wrong path.
- celtoid 3y ago
  > "Musk is pretty clearly against this government" Musk is a military and intelligence contractor. He makes bank on the government. Look at his actions, not his words.
- netsharc 3y ago
  But he can get the government he likes into power... and then, he's golden, baby. Hah, owning Twitter, if was competent, he could've gotten a Rupert Murdoch level of kingmaker powers. Too bad his shrewedness is as great as his level of wit: thinking that dragging in a kitchen sink into the offices is a clever pun.
  - rchaud 3y ago
    I don't this would have been the case even if he chose to not insert himself as the main character when it came to making product changes. Satisfaction with social media use has dropped like a stone in recent years. It's not 2016 anymore, people are inured to the deluge of ragebait and political content.
- multiplegeorges 3y ago
  > sell services to government agencies This is SpaceX's entire business model, at this point. He's definitely not against it if the money is right.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
  >> if he wants to sell services to government agencies, he's definitely on the wrong path. He wants to sell advertising. "Government advertising" is a thing in some countries, or so I hear. Surveillance and protecting the homeland from threats is also something that some governments might pay for.
yomlica8 3y ago
Twitter was already fined for using phone numbers provided for security purposes for ad/tracking purposes. And that was before Musk bought them. Facebook was too. Hell, probably everyone does it.
phatfish 3y ago
Elon should collect all this PI, then swap user names for real names, and disable the ability to delete anything at the same time, with a ninja EULA update.

mymythisisthis 3y ago

And when X goes bankrupt/sold that information will also be sold as an asset of the company.

lost_tourist 3y ago
Exactly and can be sold many times over to various sources, including government sources.

xNeil 3y ago

>selling services to government agencies What in the world makes you think that? Musk is pretty clearly against this government, and openly so - if he wants to sell services to government agencies, he's definitely on the wrong path.

celtoid 3y ago
> "Musk is pretty clearly against this government" Musk is a military and intelligence contractor. He makes bank on the government. Look at his actions, not his words.
netsharc 3y ago
But he can get the government he likes into power... and then, he's golden, baby. Hah, owning Twitter, if was competent, he could've gotten a Rupert Murdoch level of kingmaker powers. Too bad his shrewedness is as great as his level of wit: thinking that dragging in a kitchen sink into the offices is a clever pun.
- rchaud 3y ago
  I don't this would have been the case even if he chose to not insert himself as the main character when it came to making product changes. Satisfaction with social media use has dropped like a stone in recent years. It's not 2016 anymore, people are inured to the deluge of ragebait and political content.
multiplegeorges 3y ago
> sell services to government agencies This is SpaceX's entire business model, at this point. He's definitely not against it if the money is right.
thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
>> if he wants to sell services to government agencies, he's definitely on the wrong path. He wants to sell advertising. "Government advertising" is a thing in some countries, or so I hear. Surveillance and protecting the homeland from threats is also something that some governments might pay for.

yomlica8 3y ago

Twitter was already fined for using phone numbers provided for security purposes for ad/tracking purposes. And that was before Musk bought them. Facebook was too. Hell, probably everyone does it.

phatfish 3y ago

Elon should collect all this PI, then swap user names for real names, and disable the ability to delete anything at the same time, with a ninja EULA update.