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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by rkagerer on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:26PM (#33239089)
Completely on-topic. Phone-based identification is armed with too much capability inside the black box and limited means for the user to have a clue what is being leaked to whom.
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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by hinkley on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:36PM (#33239825)
I think there was just a thread here last week about how homeless people get their stuff stolen or lost all the time. 2 Factor keeps people out when you can't reliably Bring Something.

I don't generally want to say that too loud though because some politician will point out that they still have their eyes and fingertips so why can't we use biometrics instead.

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by janalsncm on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:54PM (#33240025)
99.9% of people have eyes and fingertips. If we’re going to require eye/fingertip authentication to function in society we need to solve for that last 0.1% as well.
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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by rkagerer on Monday October 17, 2022 @07:19PM (#33240829)
why can't we use biometrics instead

Might as well regress to hot iron cattle branding.

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