and "That blue badge might not be worth what you’re trading for it. A checkmark is cosmetic. Biometric data is forever." I like the article, but I think it was

and "That blue badge might not be worth what you’re trading for it. A checkmark is cosmetic. Biometric data is forever." I like the article, but I think it was nearly wholly LLM-generated. It's a shame that this contrived writing style is becoming so commonplace. Just annoying, more than anything.