Post by @thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange

2026-06-19 16:54 UTC

On Bluesky, @thisismissem@hachyderm.io does some digging and discovers that W Social and W Identity are basically the same people. So much for the line that "W Social doesn't know who you are because W Identity handles all the identity verification". https://bsky.app/profile/thisismissem.social/post/3mond5z5mmc2r #WSocial #WIdentity

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@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange 2026-06-20 00:03

@ben's take: "W Social is the insider’s tool: a platform created people who know how to work the system for their own benefit. That ultimately means it’s more likely to betray its users. It seems likely to me that when the discourse moves away from sovereignty to something else, the founders will also shift. But it’s not a surprise to me that European politicians are more likely to work with a platform that partners with and pays people they already know." https://werd.io/the-european-commission-falls-for-openness-theater-by-working-with-w-social/ #WSocial

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@wiert@mastodon.social 2026-06-19 19:24

@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange @thisismissem@hachyderm.io @elena@aseachange.com this scarlingly feels like the first step in chat control. Not nice.

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