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Simple ID scans are already on their way out.

"Liveness checks" where we have to turn on our webcam and let some stranger make a full biometric model of our head to use basic internet infrastructure is the dystopia we deserve, and it's the one we're gonna get.

I hope the "AI" was worth it. Let's see if you can fix this problem you created.

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Already happening at the IRS. There's a reason government was so reticent in regulating facial recognition in any meaningful way: The government database of everyone's faces, purchased and cobbled together from private partners, isn't complete enough yet.

This has nothing to do with AI, but an out-of-control executive branch and intelligence agencies. AI is just another tool that will make it cheaper.

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