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captainlezbian ,

That’s dystopian.

I propose Californians no longer be allowed speculative fiction. They keep turning warnings into reality

EncryptKeeper ,

I got an email from USAA yesterday excitedly telling me about their new voice ID feature. You can now contact them over the phone and manage your account with fewer security questions by having your voice analyzed. What could go wrong.

werefreeatlast ,

Wrinkles give you free shit now? 😲 I love the future!

But actually ma'am, I don't like this wireless keyboard board and would like a refund. I don't have a receipt. Look, it was an online purchase and I was home alone, I can show you the thing in my email! Oh you need biometric? Look I used my penis, could we, just skip this part? Okay fine, just give me a that towel over there. Click .. here, here's my penis in your app, happy?

1hitsong ,
@1hitsong@lemmy.ml avatar

No.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

i have a funny idea, what if we dont do this instead

Holyginz ,

This is a terrible fucking idea.

Tier1BuildABear ,
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

My face unlocks my brother's phone lmao this isn't a good idea

vox ,
@vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

privatbank has a similar feature in Ukraine, noone uses it lol
don't get why anyone would ever want this, when you can just tap your phone w google pay

ShittyBeatlesFCPres ,

I literally couldn’t login to IRS.gov this year because the facial recognition software powering login.gov kept failing. And I recently got a new driver’s license, renewed my Global Entry (whose facial recognition system does work), have a passport, etc.

I have no idea what picture of me the government or vendor running login.gov is trying to match me with but I’m pretty sure I didn’t change my face recently.

xlash123 ,
@xlash123@sh.itjust.works avatar

Dang it, I left my face at home

monsterlynn ,
@monsterlynn@kbin.social avatar

In Soviet Russia, Beast is marked by YOU.

MedicPigBabySaver ,
@MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world avatar

Fuck that. Tap and pay is just as simple.

Aatube ,
@Aatube@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Why not just use a fingerprint?

Veedem ,
@Veedem@lemmy.world avatar

Nicholas Cage is about to have access to that Travolta fortune.

CalcProgrammer1 ,
@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml avatar

Is it so hard to just pay using credit cards? Why do we need dystopian biometric nonsense feeding the data mines in order to pay for food? Paying for stuff is a solved problem. Fuck everything about this.

TORFdot0 ,

Paying with credentials that can’t easily be spoofed means a meteoric amount of money saved for payment processors from fraud due to insecure payment methods

darkkite ,

combine card with 2fa on mobile or confirm via sms would solve most problems

burgersc12 ,

Facial recognition is somewhat unreliable. I remember when Samsung had to update their phones because photos of people were able to unlock their devices, and even people who just "looked similar" were able to access them.

TORFdot0 ,

Depending on the implementation it can be unreliable. More modern methods use 3D scans which can’t be fooled by a photo.

Grimy ,

I used to say the same about cash but really, anything that makes my life easier I end up enjoying.

I whittled myself down from a fat wallet to one card on me and one in my car. I still sometimes forget it or lose it so I wouldn't mind it being permanently attached to my face but don't get me wrong, I really don't need it either.

In terms of data mining, I don't really see what more they can get? Maybe makeup habits for women or eye reflection to see who else is with you but that seems a bit intense. All the financial data, they already have if using a card.

Seriously though, boggles my mind that there isn't more data protection relating to banking. It shouldn't even be an issue, none of that data should be touched.

EngineerGaming ,
@EngineerGaming@feddit.nl avatar

Is it so hard to just pay using credit cards?

Credit cards are really dystopian as is. Is it so hard to just pay using cash so that it would be harder to eliminate?

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Is it so hard to pay just using cash

Yeah, because then I would be limited to only making purchases in person, and since I live in butt-fucking nowhere, I'd never be able to get anything.

fatalError , (edited )

Well, technically you could pay cash on delivery, at least for physical goods. But card payments are just conveniant.

The only thing better imo, is nfc payment with phone just because fingerprint scan lets me pay without a pin and without compomising on security, so it's a tiny bit faster and more conveniant with no drawbacks.

For small amounts amounts either card or phone is fine.

I only carry cash as backup

Passerby6497 ,

technically you could pay cash on delivery, at least for physical goods.

Is COD even a thing anymore? I'd be surprised if there's a real market for that, if for no other reason than a delivery person taking and carrying cash like that is a major target.

fatalError ,

Not every country out there has a violent society looking for the next easy target to rob.

EngineerGaming ,
@EngineerGaming@feddit.nl avatar

Idk about delivery in particular, but my preferred way of paying for online goods is ordering to the online shop's physical storefront, since not only does that allow cash, it is at no extra cost, unlike using mail, delivery services or lockers.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I've grown up hearing the phrase "No COD" on literally every product. I know it was a thing at one time, but dude... I can't even pay cash for a pizza delivery these days.

fatalError ,

Payment on delivery is still very much a thing here. Literally all food delivery allows it.

The majority of online retailers allow it too, though some of them charge the equivalent of ~1€ if you do choose it.

I prefere using it when I don't know much about the store or if I know the store is too big to care about their customers and I had orders being delayed by them in the past. It's in their best interest to deliver it asap if they didn't get the money yet.

Also, it makes it a hell of a lot easier to deal with goods damaged during shipping, if the box is damaged you just refuse it and don't have to wait x amount of days to get the money back into your account.

Caligvla ,
@Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Yeah no, fuck that. I don't want to be carrying a pocketful of bills and coins when I can just have a card that does the same.

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