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>The article goes on to immediately compare KYC with widespread facial recognition. Why are these equivalent They're both violations of people's privacy. >The
by logicchains 3y ago
>The article goes on to immediately compare KYC with widespread facial recognition. Why are these equivalent
They're both violations of people's privacy.
>There's no evidence provided for these numbers
And KYC proponents provide no empirical evidence that KYC has actually led to a measurable reduction in organised crime. The onus should be on them to demonstrate why it's effective enough to justify the violation of citizens' privacy that it entails.
- verall 3y agoI'm not defending KYC here (tho I think it is necessary personally). I'm just requesting the author actually try to make an argument.
- tptacek 3y agoSo is a license plate. Privacy is not an absolute right.
- hobobaggins 3y ago> Privacy is not an absolute right. This is meaningless.
- tptacek 3y agoYou mean to say "nothing is an absolute right". Yes. If you want me to be more precise, I'll say that privacy is a lesser right, one that is important but that is nonetheless frequently and deliberately compromised in the service of other rights. You get to weird places if you try to wrap an entire worldview around privacy the way people do expression or self-determination, because privacy does not have that standing.
- jaredklewis 3y agoSure, but the fact that KYC is not motivated by data is not a license just to pull numbers out of your ass.