Biometrics as a threat to ’ True Names " cypherpunk ideal of voluntary identity.
professor rat
pro2rat at yahoo.com.au
Mon Jan 16 10:15:17 PST 2023
Biometrics is a threat to ’ True Names " cypherpunk ideal of voluntary identity. Unfortunately it being helped by an unimpeachable wedge issue - protection of society from antivax nutcase types spreading disease.
There may also be another scare campaign brewing led by intelligence-shy billionaires like Thiel and Musk.
Their fear of strong AI implicitly sanctions more biometric identifiers. So the threat is verifiable - the threat is real.
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