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X can now ask users for government IDs to verify their paid accounts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A pop-up window for the feature notes that X is partnering with Israel-based verification company AU10TIX to facilitate the new authorization feature.

So if AU10TIX ends up getting hacked, like MoveIt, someone would be able to dox every neonazi a single go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I think of Israel based Software Corps I think of NSO Group. And I don't like NSO Group. Am I unrightfully biased?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They a subsidiary of a (sort of) Dutch firm ICTS. Their Wikipedia page is interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICTS_International

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