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My gym also uses facial recognition, but does it via a person sitting behind a desk checking that my member ID matches my face. I don't think many people are uncomfortable with this process, and this biometric method has been used for a long time.

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Yes, but that person can't copy your biometric data stored in their brain, convert it to a standardized format, and distribute it to millions of other devices.

You mean like a photo?

They would have to use a camera, which you would have to allow.

Every gym I've joined snaps your picture when you sign up.

not yet but that day is coming soon.

https://after-on.com/episodes-31-60/039

>and distribute it to millions of other devices...

Or just hundreds of other organizations and corporations.

Yes, but there are few chances that the person sitting behind the deck will be the target of a brain cyberattack!

Yet

What exactly do you think phishing is?

the big difference is that the data is stored temporarily in a human brain.

as opposed to, you know, somewhere in a poorly designed system which gets hacked.

(sorry, apparently joined a chorus)

The photo on the card is already stored in a system somewhere, and already vulnerable to attack. The brain is just for authentication at the door.

good point, though there might be a bit more biometric data required for a good facial recognition system.

Not necessarily.

the gym thing seems like a bit of a red herring. certainly when you're in your own home you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. even in a shared public space, you ought to have some legal protection against being arbitrarily tracked/surveiled. but on the literal physical premises of a private business, I'm not sure it's such a reasonable expectation.

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