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why? that's horrifying for privacy
by ycombinatrix 3y ago
why? that's horrifying for privacy
- kulahan 3y agoPrivacy is a new-age luxury that causes more problems than it's worth. I know this is unpopular, and I'm not justifying the abuse of information, but it changes nothing about the fact that we are by-and-large a social species, and being able to positively identify someone would likely have more benefits than drawbacks, because our society is organized around the idea that we know who we're working with.
- KMag 3y agoand also a problem for my identical twins. I just realized we thought we were being a bit cute by giving them names that meant the same thing, but in different languages. Now, I realize that if they translate their names into written Chinese, they better be phonetic translation... if they end up with identical names, same birthday, identical DNA, that could cause problems.
- scarface_74 3y agoAnd how is this any different than currently using your photo ID and someone looking to see if the ID matches your face? You would still have the identical twin problem
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoHumans don’t need a better way to ID people, computers do
- kulahan 3y agoWe find a dead person with no ID. Only a computer cares who they are?
- PeterisP 3y agoWell, in any scenario where you need to verify someone's identity, privacy and anonymity not only aren't goals, but they aren't acceptable. Now you could argue that in many situations you don't need to verify someone's identity and shouldn't have the right to do so; but if you do (like during border control) then your identity isn't supposed to be private.