X, formerly known as Twitter, introduced a new identity verification system for its premium users in partnership with Israeli security company Au10tix.

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As reported in TechCrunch, certain customers are told to confirm their identity by presenting official documents. X states that this process is estimated to be a duration of about five minutes and involves taking photos of documents and the user’s self -portrait.

The notification also notes the collaboration between X and Au10tix, which is a provider of security solutions used to carry out verification. It was further emphasized that biometric data can be stored for a maximum period of 30 days.

Although information about this action was added last August to the Twitter Help Center, its official implementation is still ongoing at this time. The purpose of this action is to ensure that the account owner is a real person with a valid identity.

It is important to note that this ID-based verification feature is not available in all countries, as of now, users in the European Union, European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK do not have access to it.

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X changes the domain when sharing a post

Although mobile apps and browsers already display the social network’s identity as an X with a corresponding logo, The original name is next to the previous name, because the twitter.com domain is still displayed in the URL.

However, social networks are starting to implement changes when sharing posts on other platforms from mobile devices, both in apps and in browsers. In this situation, a new domain, x.com, is presented, as confirmed European Press.

This modification is visible for example when sending publications from the X application to services such as Gmail or WhatsApp, where x.com is included after the HTTPS protocol. It is important to note that this only applies when using the ‘Share via…’ button and not when the ‘Copy link’ option is selected.

In another scenario, the twitter.com domain remains unchanged, which occurs when trying to embed a post, because the resulting HTML code maintains the “twitter-tweet” format.

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