13J/ Thoughtful Biometrics - A conversation & Workshop in July

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Thoughtful Biometrics - A conversation & Workshop in July


Session Convener: Kaliya Young

Notes-taker(s): Kaliya Young & Eileen Guo

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This conversation was convened to go over the upcoming Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @TB_workshop


Biometrics conversation

Test Fraud is high in the developing world and SAT


Background check quality - isn’t great right now


Scary to much Verifying

  • Lying is human


Certain behaviors should not be subject to public scrutiny


Social media system insist on real ID


Bank today different - bank of past

  • More KYC and Data systems


Security “Boogie Man” agre idealistic way


Push universal - enforced on everyone not good


Digitize something its Record is potential truth


Perfectly Credentialized World

Paper Record in Dossier


Mass Surveillance w/

Not literal anonymity - they don’t want scruteningy of every day life


Harassment and Abuse


Issues with facial recognition ⇒ but can w/ surgery / weight

Can’t change finger prints - yes injury


How do we regulate the possibility the really bad

Industry is Very uncomfortable with


1:1 AuthN

Attestation use-case

Surveillance huge implications


You using tool to make your life better

Them making a tool to make their life better