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Addendum (loose notes that didn't fit neatly anywhere):

Twitter also requires users sign a 30-day holding period consent form with AU10TIX. This is likely to align with US law enforcement requirements, which requires US service providers hold potentially incriminating data for 30 days minimum. Whilst wholly US based companies can do this without asking for consent, the consent form is likely so they can meet European GDPR compliance rules (which require consent on data collection).

This implies Twitter intends to fully comply with any and all law enforcement requests to hand over your data - including ID, selfies, facial recognition data and threat profile. It wasn't added to the article because it is speculation on intentions (which is worthless reporting in this day and age), however it is a point worth discussing; do they plan to share your facial recognition data with the US government?

Another question to ask yourself is: why are they hosting data in an Israeli company, rather than a US based company, if Twitter plans to be an 'American hosted service' (to avoid EU censorship issues)? Similarly, why not a European based organisation if it's for compliance with European laws? The very odd jurisdiction selection with a known intel agency tied firm raises eyebrows.

EU and US have no enforcement jurisdiction over Israel, so if they sell off your data to third party firms or datamine it... you will have great difficulty proving it is even happening, and will have even greater difficulty litigating against it given the jurisdictional complexities if they misuse your data, which odds are, they will.

It isn't to bypass censorship, as this Israeli company is tied in with Europe itself (via the Netherlands), and ergo, likely tied into EU GDPR rules (and thus, EU laws on censorship). The EU probably won't care what they do with your data, so long as censorship is a thing.

(If Elon was aiming for censorship immunity he could have just routed payments through either Iceland or one of the endless tax havens found around the planet.)

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First take a selfie. Then stand in one fixed leg for 4 minutes and 13 seconds, then do 3 pirouettes.

Then to hear your voice, say the warm water recipe 7 times. Make sure it is not a recipe for hot water. Then blow your nose into the kitchen sink. Then answer to the question: are you a slave? You have just one option. Yeee, login successful. :)

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