“…we are being basically extorted into giving them our biometric data if we want to use what we are paying for, and we now know some of what happens to the data after they collect it, none of which is ok with us.”
SOURCE
https://chemtrails.substack.com/p/substack-biometric-scans-new-us-identity
WHO IS RUNNING THE BIOMETRICS PROGRAM?
As I showed you in the first screenshot, Persona is the company that is being used to verify identities. As you can see, the notice says the scan will be used to “improve Persona’s platform” in accordance with their privacy policy.
If we go to their privacy policy and scroll down the page, we find out they are working with Smile ID.
Smile ID is a digital ID company that is especially active in Africa.
Here is what their cell phone app looks like:
They have already partnered with MasterCard in Africa.
And so many more companies. Here are a few.
On their privacy policy, their address is listed as 981 Mission Street, San Francisco, California 94103.
That address brings us here:
Which is a shared office space called Trellis.
Here you can pay monthly for a standard desk or a deluxe desk:
Which will run you around $375 a month, depending on which plan you choose.
So this company who is running biometrics for Substack, is working out of a shared office desk in San Francisco?
Let’s go back to SmileID, which is a partner of Persona.
On the SmileID site, in their privacy policy section, we learn they “enable third-party tracking mechanisms to collect information.” They say, quote, “third parties, such as Facebook, may use personal information deposited in our App to target online ads to persons who may have used our app.” – So they not only collect our biometric data, they install trackers and sell or gift our info so we can be spammed with ads and who really knows what else.
By the way, if you continue to read the lengthy policy, it says “Persons who may wish to access, correct, or delete the personal information we have on file, may contact us at compliance@usesmileid.com”.
SmileID has four addresses listed.
The Nigeria address brings us to a desk.
The UK Address brings us to another shared office space, this time in the Station House.
The South Africa address brings us to an office building.
And the Kenya address takes us to a building…
In which a banking tech company called Verto resides. I assume this is it.
And I also assume if I dug for a while, I would be able to connect SmileID to the banking company.
All of this is weird, right? Like, there isn’t any building with a big sign on the door that says SmileID or Persona where people can speak to someone. There isn’t even a closed-door building with a company logo on it that identifies the business that works within, yet their tech is being forced upon us, we are being basically extorted into giving them our biometric data if we want to use what we are paying for, and we now know some of what happens to the data after they collect it, none of which is ok with us.
And all of this is not limited to Africa and Australia. In the United States, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana just passed verification laws requiring cell phone apps to verify ages. Here is the email an associate received on December 16th, 2025, from the Google Play Store:
Apple sent out the same thing.
The bottom line is, if you wish to continue using cell phone apps, you will be forced to submit.
