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    Der Stadtrat von New York drängt darauf, Geschäften die Erfassung biometrischer Daten zu verbieten

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    3. Haunterblademoi on

      That’s good because who knows what stores might do with our biometric data

    4. rnilf on

      > “ Many of us know the feeling of discovering our credit card information has been stolen. It’s invasive and frightening, but you can cancel a credit card and get a new one. You cannot cancel your face,” Hanif said. “You cannot replace your iris.”

      Fuck, big tech companies have ruined so many things.

      When I worked in tech, I remember being asked to look into scanning license plates of consumers driving into the parking lots of some of our enterprise customers, so they could start tracking behavior. A far cry from biometric data, but I still thought it was so invasive, along with some legal concerns (but that was pushed aside because „ask for forgiveness rather than permission“ is big tech SOP).

      I put a temporary stop on it because I had the middle-management power to do that, but left the company soon after, and of course, they went ahead with it.

      These are the kind of ideas that are just flung around so casually and tech workers couldn’t give less of a shit, really disappointing to see that in an industry I respected when I was a young and dumb tech nerd.

    5. KapahuluBiz on

      There used to be an electronics supply store nearby that sold parts for hobbyists. In 2005 or so, I visited to buy some parts that my dad asked me to buy for him. At the counter, the clerk asked me to place my index finger on the glass part of a box he had on the counter. I asked him what it was for, and he told me it stored my fingerprint, and if I ever wanted to return anything, as long as my prints matched, I wouldn’t need to show a receipt.

      I told him I’ll pass on the fingerprint, but he said I couldn’t make the purchase without providing my finger. He tried to tell me that he already has my fingerprints on everything I touched in the store, but I told him, „Yeah, but you aren’t saving it.“ He said, „I could if I wanted…“ so I left without making the purchase.

      I really wasn’t surprised when the place went out of business.

    7. rollerbase on

      How does this jive with the simultaneous implementation of age verification everywhere? The two goals seem at odds.

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