X plans to collect biometric data and employment histories under new privacy policy
- X will start storing users' biometric data like facial recognition for security purposes.
- The updated privacy policy allows X to gather information on users' job and education backgrounds to recommend jobs.
- X is expanding services and data collection to become an "everything app" under CEO Elon Musk.
- Experts have raised privacy concerns about X's collection of sensitive biometric and employment data.
- The biometric data collection is currently only for X's premium subscribers, relating to a new verification feature.