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Why implants? They are such a hassle to upgrade. I thought we'd skip them entirely and go from wallets to phones to fingerprints. And then to a central AI that
by cousin_it 10y ago
Why implants? They are such a hassle to upgrade. I thought we'd skip them entirely and go from wallets to phones to fingerprints. And then to a central AI that can recognize you from a video feed.
- protomyth 10y agoIts about the same reason that I don't want Apple to do a TV. The difference in lifetime between the computing component and display are immense. Implants would seem to be as short a lifetime. Credsticks always made more sense.
- madelinecameron 10y ago> fingerprints I don't know how many times people need to repeat this: Fingerprints are usernames, not passwords. I am really not a fan of biometrics as identification at all.
- dragonwriter 10y agoFingerprints are neither usernames nor passwords; fingerprints can be destroyed independently of the user, usernames should not be destroyable as long as the user exists. Fingerprints are more something that is suitable as an optional proxy for a username.
- shalmanese 10y agoAnd most offline payments have never required passwords, only usernames.