[hw_penfold]

Coming from the perspective in security, the one that says biometrics are identity tokens or user names, but not authentication tokens or passwords, the concept you present is reasonable.

However, let’s not simply dispose of the conversation, and leave it at that. There are quite a few more twists and turns right around the next bend...

Which takes a cue from the idea of using tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting and cookies at all. If I visited your website three days ago, and explored a few link paths, would you be so kind as to show me the same website you show to everyone, instead of modifying your website in confusing ways, so as to either extract value from my actions or reduce them to limited options that act against my normal inclinations?

So, with that, a deeper realization starts to develop, that simply “asking people to be nice” within the context of rational facts isn’t good enough. Yes, faces aren’t secret. But the unflinching long term memories of biometric recognition systems, operating with direct connection to systematic business rules as brutal as any cold-blooded algorithmic stock trader, looking at user names like ticker symbols, cannot simply be trusted to be nice.

[jMyles]

Normally, when I really a comment, I just upvote. But in this case, I want to take the extra step of telling you directly that this is a truly brilliant comment - great writing and thinking here.

I encourage you to expand this into a full blog post if you haven't already.

[hw_penfold]

Thank you for the kind words. I don’t intend to write articles under any particular name, since it’s too easy to become typecast, and have expectations develop around a name.

I dump my thoughts out in the open, under arbitrary handles, when I think at least one person could use the sound of my voice.