#biometrics

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #biometrics from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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26
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
13
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0.1/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.2
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-08 03:53 UTC
3
09-02
7
09-03
5
09-04
5
09-05
0
09-06
1
09-07
5
09-08

26 uses by 13 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.

Related hashtags

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-08 03:53 UTC

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-08 03:53 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~307 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 01:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (36) · German (2) · French (1) · Italian (1)

Avg boosts / post: 1.5

Top of the latest posts

  • @theblufnews it's ridiculous. I have no problem with verification for finance but Biometrics being stored is so dangerous. This nextgen facial scanning is either owned or affiliated with Equifax which is the security equivalent of storing y

    GNU/Matt :fedora: :kde:@gnuplusmatt212026-09-05 06:19 UTCView post →
  • Fun trap for people apply/refinancing their mortgage. The NextGen biometric that banks are requesting to for verification is being claimed as an exception to the Privacy Act 1988. It doesn't have to be de identified or destroyed after verif

    GNU/Matt :fedora: :kde:@gnuplusmatt2112026-09-05 00:23 UTCView post →
  • Linkedln scans facial geometry via Persona under the guise of verification. Yet when biometric data feeds complex vendor chains linked to Palantir's Ontology, commercial consent becomes a dual-use pipeline. Passing biometric data down hidde

    2k_115@[email protected]232026-08-28 13:12 UTCView post →

What “biometrics” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

biometrics

  • nounThe automated measurement of biological data.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics and features. Biometric authentication is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.

Biometrics” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#biometrics across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #biometrics straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.

Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/biometrics