I can only see this going into a very dystopian path. Based on their actions, I donโ€™t trust these companies, their security practices, nor their privacy policies. Why would I give them my biometrics? And my full palm, at that!? Hell no!

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They donโ€™t need to 3D print anything, only to โ€œside loadโ€ the hash (itโ€™s more complex than that, but thatโ€™s the gist). If your ID is tied to your finances, and it gets leaked, you canโ€™t change your ID. Your finger/palmprint is always your finger/palmprint.

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Right. But canโ€™t they do that anyway? Your ID is linked to your finances. You get people stealing IDs all day everyday.

Family Guy did an episode on it.

If Iโ€™ve got your records you Iโ€™d birth certificate your job numbers your state details. Address phone emails passport passwords. Iโ€™m you. Except I have my biometrics.

Biometrics cannot be forcibly taken. I canโ€™t rock up to the bank manager with a severed finger. Yet I can take out a loan in your name without the fingerprint.

For fuck sake our security relies on signature. A badly written name.

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