X now requires face verification for new signups, photo sent to AWS
ThePeterMick · x · 2026-10-24
X appears to require face verification for new account signups. Screenshots show a selfie is briefly sent to AWS for bot detection only — never to X, deleted within 3 minutes, not sold or reused — with continuing constituting consent to biometric data processing. The author quips X will soon be bot-free.
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