https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ “When you click “verify” on LinkedIn, you’re not giving your passport to LinkedIn.

[peterbrown@mastodon.scot]

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/ “When you click “verify” on LinkedIn, you’re not giving your passport to LinkedIn. You get redirected to a company called Persona. Full name: Persona Identities, Inc. Based in San Francisco, California.”

A Peter Thiel company…..

[halla@kde.social]

@peterbrown I'm wondering whether the mandatory identification Google is going to impose on ALL Android developers is going to be handled by the same company...

[jackyan@mastodon.social]

@peterbrown In that case, I am extremely grateful that the app was so half-baked that I could not get it to work! Thank goodness for my phone and the incompetence of their software designers!

https://mastodon.social/@jackyan/113658677102972971

[missscott01@mas.to]

@peterbrown „A specific point of contention has been Persona's connections to Peter Thiel and his company Palantir, due to the company having received a round of funding from the Thiel-backed Founders Fund, and Palantir itself having been criticized for its involvement in the use of AI and facial recognition as part of U.S. government surveillance programs.“
Source: Wikipedia

[johntinker@hear-me.social]

@halla @peterbrown
The mathematical notion of a "commutation operator" is a wonderful thing. Here it would show us the difference between their ability to identify us, and our ability to identify them.

[dec23k@mastodon.ie]

@peterbrown
And 17 companies process your personal data. 16 in the United States. 1 in Canada. Zero in the EU.