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We should open that data. Every single human would have a record in a freely accessible, distributed database with (at least) a highres full body shot, name and
by throw85301 9y ago
We should open that data. Every single human would have a record in a freely accessible, distributed database with (at least) a highres full body shot, name and a date of birth. Maybe add "full DNA sequence" in there when it gets cheap enough.
There are definitely downsides (corporations having access to this will get annoying), but some of us (me and (I think) you) are already living as if this is the case, and this would teach people that this is the world we live in and remove some inefficiencies and let people build things like a global facial-recognition based authentication system.
- anigbrowl 9y agoA lot of the potential problems can be avoided by limiting the 'free speech' rights of corporations.
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- cosinetau 9y agoYou were right to use a throwaway. This is a stupid idea. Are you interested in fixing the problem and protecting people's information, or are you only interested in creating more surveillance and data minding opportunities for people?
- girvo 9y agoRadical transparency has massive downsides, yes, but it's not completely black and white. I can see some interesting arguments for it as well as many against it. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/25/one-idea-to-best-the-surveillance-state-radical-transparency https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/25/one-id...
- cosinetau 9y agoYour comment says nothing. I'm glad you can think around a problem and tell me that you're capable of that, but what the Guardian is positing is "you can't steal our data if we give it to you!" Way to beat them at their own game. It doesn't make it any less asinine.