Re:Facial recognition technology is everywhere, and it may n...
by jacquesm on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:36AM
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Privacy is dying because there will always be people willing to implement anything for enough money.
> They'd rather carry around an ID that can be stolen, copied, and sold on the black market thus ruining their financial livelihood for the rest of their lives than switch over to a more reliable biometric based method of identification
That's a problem with the financial institutions, not a problem with privacy. Reliable biometric identification is not a requirement for safe finances.
Credit bureaus having way too much power over the lives of individuals (see, privacy!) is as big a part of the problem.
> They'd rather carry around an ID that can be stolen, copied, and sold on the black market thus ruining their financial livelihood for the rest of their lives than switch over to a more reliable biometric based method of identification
That's a problem with the financial institutions, not a problem with privacy. Reliable biometric identification is not a requirement for safe finances.
Credit bureaus having way too much power over the lives of individuals (see, privacy!) is as big a part of the problem.