Publicly the story is we want to fight bots and preserve human connection Practically the question is how far they can go in tying a real human body to an online account without triggering a user revolt or regulatory scrutiny.
Face ID and Touch ID sound benign because people already use them on their phones but there are two very different architectures that get blurred together in this kind of soundbite
On device verification where your biometric data never leaves your hardware and the platform only gets a yes or no from the secure enclave or passkey system
Platform side biometric or ID verification where a service actually collects or relies on sensitive data about your real world identity
Publicly the story is we want to fight bots and preserve human connection
Practically the question is how far they can go in tying a real human body to an online account without triggering a user revolt or regulatory scrutiny.
Face ID and Touch ID sound benign because people already use them on their phones but there are two very different architectures that get blurred together in this kind of soundbite
On device verification where your biometric data never leaves your hardware and the platform only gets a yes or no from the secure enclave or passkey system
Platform side biometric or ID verification where a service actually collects or relies on sensitive data about your real world identity