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I don't think people are having a hard time understanding what biometrics are. I think the issue at hand is that while getting your SSN requires some kind of in
by natpalmer1776 5y ago
I don't think people are having a hard time understanding what biometrics are. I think the issue at hand is that while getting your SSN requires some kind of involvement with you or someone you've given that information to, this particular biometric data can be gathered without your consent or knowledge.
I don't want to support the use of biometric data when anyone can grab it and use it for whatever they want by virtue of me existing in "their" society.
- roflc0ptic 5y agoWell. I think the SSN analogy is actually really damning: because of the ubiquity of data leaks and of people asking for our SSN as "identification", we have vanishingly little control over who has access to it. Likewise, if someone is able to get a copy of my "password" by taking a picture of my face, then it's a terrible password, because it ain't private.
- natpalmer1776 5y agoSure, and that is definitely a separate issue that should be addressed. The point of contention is that with data leaks of SSN-esque data, we have the theoretical ability to hold an entity accountable for that violation of privacy and trust. If you're scanning my face with a discreet, pinhole security camera and then sell the data you gather to a 3rd party who then loses that data in a leak, what theoretical recourse do I have when I didn't even know the data had been gathered & subsequently lost in the first place? Edit: removed some text that was poorly thought out and not representative of the point I'm trying to make.