A thought experiment on the future of identity verification | Aeris Nguyen | TED Institute

In this imaginative talk, Aeris Nguyen wonders what our future could look like if we verified our identities using DNA -- and examines the risks such a system would pose.
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[@ChineseZeroToHero]

what about my twin brother

[@muskduh]

we already use DNA. biometrics has been around since the 1800s