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We're in the era of less control, more surveillance, more "security", more being treated like a child and lied to.

Just yesterday I got a venmo prompt to add biometrics for "security". F off.

>>hnpoli+(OP)
I had to do a government ID upload and a live face scan to install my banking app on a new phone even though I had other devices I could have used to authorize it. It made me want to switch banks, but where do you go?

>>hnpoli+(OP)
For what it's worth, Venmo will not get access to your biometrics data, it's a black box in which you specify a desired level of authentication and the OS just returns ok/not ok.

It is, however, to make you use Venmo more easily, thus more often, thus spend more money through them.

>>hnpoli+(OP)
"Just yesterday, an app that directly impacts my money, asked me to make it more secure" - how did you survive?

Vemno doesn't get your bio data, it just gets a true or false from the OS.

>>donmcr+un
Jesus fucking Christ this is bleak. You should not have to do this. If your bank allows a browser log in just use that.

DO NOT trust financial institutions with your data. They WILL leak it. Its only a matter of time.