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

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      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.

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    The US can do whatever they want in their country but leave the rest of us alone. We’re actually doing much better without you. It would be even better if you stopped interfering ie start an illegal war, in the name of Israel. Than we can all move on without the US.

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      Canada and Mexico should combine forces and take over the US.

      Give Hawaii back to the native Hawaiians.

      Canada takes Alaska.

      Mexico takes Texas and New Mexico and detain all the pro ICE fascists.

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      the problem is, a lot of shitty laws are passing in europe (looking at you france) but havent made it through our system yet. time will tell.

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        That’s true, the fuckery is strong here too and it requires a lot of pressure to hold it back.

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    So a Sam Altman company is coming to solve the problem of too much unidentifiable AI slop on the internet. A problem that has in no small part, been created by OpenAI, another Sam Altman company.

    Hard pass.

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      Oh you misunderstood, nationwide IDs are the mark of the beast.

      Being forced to give your biometric data to a company trying to create artificial consciousness? That’s just capitalism baby.

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    US: Are we the bad guys?

    Morgan Freeman: It was at that moment that the people realized they were.

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      No, they didn’t answer the question; they only asked it. Gotta see the follow-through. This makes me think of the Palantir articles about how in reality their employees have been annoyed about being painted as bad guys, instead of genuinely questioning themselves.

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    I can avoid pretty much any tech company by simply not using the product. Docusign, however, is fucking everwhere in modern US life. I’ve had local government agencies advertise a certain wait period etc. which is dependent on using Docusign on their website, otherwise there is a weeks (or months) long delay on them mailing things you have to sign because why would they ever print them in the office? Based on the nature of the company, I am not surprised, but them being onboard will make bureaucracy that everyone has to deal with immensely more annoying if you opt out of using their products.

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      FWIW I had to use an equivalent which didn’t work on my setup. I emailed the company, they said try this, try that, which I did, still no dice. They emailed me a form to print, sign, take a photo of, and email them back. I did and the 3rd party that relied on their service was notified.

      So… it’s OK to be “annoying” with this kind of services if it doesn’t work respective of your setup itself respective of your concerns.

      I’m not saying it will also work, or that it’s efficient, just that it’s a possibility.

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        Yeah, that’s true. It does however even pop up in doctors offices, or anything legally binding. Things where the your appointment will be ruined if you don’t sign digitally.

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          To be honest I don’t know what the solution is. What I’m convinced of though is that if we don’t push back, at the very least signify that it is actually a problem, then it silently becomes the new norm.

          Edit : related in school context https://lemmy.ml/post/46392253/25351905

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      My employer uses them too for certain documents, and I gotta say, I’m not a fan of their tech side either. The contact I’m working with is a dear, always on top of getting my questions to the relevant engineers and getting a timely response back, but he can’t make gold from straw either.

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    All these AI companies are into deep and they cant get out of thier AI debt hole which will soon come down. Cant afford all those AI DATACENTERS nor they can generate any profit from it, what better way to convince many counties in the west to adopt AI verfication, so they can get a revenue stream from the governments.

    reddit also uses OPEN AI in one form or another, they likely will be the most compliant to require it,.

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    Again, we don’t have to use any of this. There are alternatives to all of those products.

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    Uhm, no.

    This is one of those technologies that CEOs hear about and think would be great for their business. But, they don’t consider that nobody wants to fucking do this.