• dogs0n@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    A hacker stealing your id can do way more malicious stuff like more expertly crafted phishing and identity fraud just to name two.

    No one involved in this from the government to the companies is innocent in this chain though in my opinion. A breach is always bound to happen.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      To me giving a company or government permission to create the databases allowed for mass facial recognition is the same thing as giving the facial recognition data to criminals. It will be leaked/hacked/sold, etc. It is only a matter of time.

      How many Social security numbers in the U.S. have been leaked/hacked/sold/illegally transferred? ~340 million.

      Facial recognition will be a near useless tool for security in 10 years, and 100% for population monitoring at the rate we are going.