Let the politicians try it too ...
Recently it struck me that the facial recognition (or pick-your-biomteric-of-the-moment) bandwagon might move a little slower if the FIRST people to trial it were the politicians.... (+ lobbyists for the tech in question :-) )
E.g., no access to govt buildings/canteen/car without first donating your info, and needing to be verified a couple of times a week (preferably including some larger database with loadsa bad guys of the same vintage ... :-) )
Simple argument against - it'll cost those poor politicos time, which is OUR time.
OK, trial it for a fixed 6-month period and feed the false-positives & other feedback into the decision making process ...
Oh, and for extra points, make the 'cost of failure' just as friendly as they want to impose on the current subjects - re-test, revalidate & bring in all the paperwork in person (no sending aides in your place ...)
It'd never happen, but hey, it is my least harmless fantasy relating to politicians...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
