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The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.

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[–] SaintNectar@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh god.. They really want to track every humans on this planet. And we all know for what purposes

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They already do. They just want to make it easier

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And also have the ability to turn off people's legal existence when they get up to too much anti-corporate shenanigans.

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Anti-citizen one, you are accused of multiple anti-civil violations. Wait for civil protection teams in the submission position.

[–] belochka@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

As someone in a sanctioned country, I actually approve of yet another "official" identifier since it will be used by someone making me less dependent upon my local ID, and since technically everyone not in an Indian or sub-Saharan African village is already being tracked. There too probably.