We should open that data. Every single human would have a record in a freely accessible, distributed database with (at least) a highres full body shot, name and a date of birth. Maybe add "full DNA sequence" in there when it gets cheap enough.
There are definitely downsides (corporations having access to this will get annoying), but some of us (me and (I think) you) are already living as if this is the case, and this would teach people that this is the world we live in and remove some inefficiencies and let people build things like a global facial-recognition based authentication system.
There are definitely downsides (corporations having access to this will get annoying), but some of us (me and (I think) you) are already living as if this is the case, and this would teach people that this is the world we live in and remove some inefficiencies and let people build things like a global facial-recognition based authentication system.