| ▲ | Animats 4 hours ago |
| So, to post something in 2027: - You have to have an approved browser. - It has to be installed on an approved platform, Google or Apple, for which you have a valid account. - You have to have an account on the posting platform. - You have to get past moderation on the posting platform. That's without age verification. |
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| ▲ | Cider9986 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| You can't sign up for a Facebook account without giving a live selfie. Any image of your family you post will be scraped by Clearview AI, bypassing the restrictions that make it hard for you to create accounts, to create a worldwide facial recognition system. |
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| ▲ | simulator5g 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Well yeah, Facebook has been a data harvesting scheme from the beginning. It was originally called LifeLog. It is not part of the “free” web. | |
| ▲ | drivebyhooting 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It gets worse.
Banks now require pictures of faces to fucking close the account and pull the money out. | | |
| ▲ | IAmGraydon 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | You find it to be a negative that banks require identity verification to drain an account? Personally, I would refuse to keep my money with a bank that doesn’t do this. | | |
| ▲ | drivebyhooting an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | The relationship was established decades ago and they accept money and direct deposit still with no KYC. But to get the money out? Oh no! We need a picture of your face!
And there’s no option for going in person. | | |
| ▲ | ethmarks 34 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > they accept money and direct deposit still with no KYC. But to get the money out? Oh no! We need a picture of your face! Unauthorized deposits aren't nearly as much of a concern as unauthorized withdrawals, right? I'd imagine that there are far fewer malicious actors that try to deposit money into random bank accounts than there are ones that try to withdraw money from random bank accounts. > And there’s no option for going in person. Won't an in-person bank also take pictures of you via security cameras? I don't really understand your objection here, could you elaborate? |
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| ▲ | iririririr 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | most banks using faceid won't accept you go to a branch. because they contract with a provider who makes more money from building and selling a database than to fulfilling the contract with the banks. |
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| ▲ | asdefghyk 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] |
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| ▲ | gorgoiler 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| And you have to declare your accounts to border police prior to international travel. |
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| ▲ | throwawayk7h an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| is remote attestation possible in a web browser already? |
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| ▲ | tmpz22 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| And your data on all those platforms - Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are ALL building comprehensive profiles on you, selling your data, and probably tossing it straight to the government in one way or another. |
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| ▲ | ElProlactin 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | And just so we're clear: these companies are building these profiles even if you haven't registered and/or logged into their services. |
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| ▲ | iririririr 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| don't forget what's been going on for a few decades already: a personal phone number that ties your home address, billing, etc etc. |
