Coinbase Sued for Harvesting Customer Face and Fingerprint Data
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coinbase-sued-for-havesting-customer-biometrics/
Discussion
Good
Color me surprised.
That fucking company is so evil I wouldn’t put anything pasa them
In the past, I have taken shit from "crypto" ppl for not recommending CoinBase to newbs. After I got swept up in a regulatory fishing expedition they ultimately cowered to, I knew this was a company that didnt take my privacy seriously.
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Where do they get fingerprints from?
Yikes
Their lows keep lowering
Not particularly shocking
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I had trouble getting a node to sync on Raspi (was runnning it on Umbrel).
In your experience, is IO more of a bottleneck, or CPU, RAM, etc..?
what was your pi model? were you using the official charger?
RAM is critical. You need 8GB minimum.
Yup, and the official charger.
I was during this test case of running Umbrel.
I've never had any issues running it with my others either, but I have unusually high quality USB-C bricks w/high power availability.
All I have right now is my little Pi 400 kit - I've had to quit recommending them for work tasks due to availability and my collection has dwindled to one over the last couple of years.
Been looking at the RockChip stuff, but as is usual for SBCs, the actual support packages are pretty hit/miss.
Ah, if RAM is critical then I will have to consider something other than a Pi. I will probably look into using a off-lease workstation or something. I come across stuff pretty regular.
Considering 8GB is what would be considered minimum, Pi's max out at that level, and are nearly impossible to get, seems like that would be an easier strategy.
Yep. Sounds like a plan 🤙🏻💜
And they’re buddy buddy with ICE, right?
I always see privacy violations as inevitable. Instead of being constantly guarded about personal info (easy to do sometimes, impossible others), I wonder if there is a way to make that info worthless to have in the first place, to remove the incentive somehow
Kyc - kill your customers
That’s Obama Care, right?!
I hear the president is honoring us with a visit here in our fine city of Berlin at the moment, promoting all that care. 
It’s such a romantic city for him and his husband to be visiting too, special case when all that Kenyan weaponized hunger celebrations is happening. 
Has Michelle disclosed whether Obama is a spitter or swallower? 
"Subsequently, Coinbase harvests fingerprint data when customers log into their accounts using the required fingerprint scanning technology, accord to the suit."
Fingerprints aren't directly accessible to apps on IOS or Android, are they?
Great news 👌🏻🦾
Matt it’s almost like they’re bad actors in the space and shouldn’t be trusted.