Internet surveillance is driving me back to 1990s computing
Facebook wanted a face scan to restore my account. I refused and started to notice the recent acceleration of digital surveillance in the UK and elsewhere.
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Internet surveillance is driving me back to 1990s computing Article on #Personal, #Technology. By Marcus Coetzee, 26 June 2026 A few months ago, Facebook suspended my account and claimed I broke the terms of service. I post about birds, nature and the occasional hillwalking photo, to about fifty friends, roughly once a week, for five years. I also post photos of cups of coffee. When I appealed, Facebook offered to reactivate my account on the condition that it could take a 3D scan of my face. I refused. I would rather lose five years of online interactions than hand my biometric data to a company with Meta’s track record. I find this idea of linking facial scans to social media accounts to be ominous.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Marcus Coetzee | In Pursuit of Strategic Clarity.
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