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Well I hope the numbers we're counting down from are pretty high then, because my interest in using my phone or face as a digital ID is non-existent. Can't we at least do smart cards? What if I don't want to travel with a phone? And let me guess: my options are some Android phone or an iPhone, and there's no need to worry about any potential new entrants to the smartphone market for the foreseeable future. We needed more barriers to entry for that market, it was getting awfully competitive!

Yeah, sounds good. Again, I hope those days are numbered higher than mine.






Governments passively support a Windows desktop monopoly, why would they care about a cellphone duopoly?

My question: how about we just don't do this? Can we all agree the "governments depending on ActiveX controls for important things" thing was a terrible idea and just not? Smart cards would work fine, and there's even standards for it!

The answer: nope, it's almost certainly time for round 2. Plus some forced facial recognition for good measure.

Like I said, I hope the number on those days starts pretty high.




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