cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48515135
What could go wrong with forcing a data hungry AI company like Anthropic to force it’s users to do ID verification?
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/anthropic-says-claude-may-want-to-see-your-id
Meanwhile asylum-seekers are a great source for biometric data for the UK government: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/the-uk-will-scan-asylum-seekers-faces-for-age-checks-despite-knowing-the-tech-is-flawed
As the West is trying to imitate totalitarian states as of late, they might be better advised to imitate their exports instead.
A side note-The flashing blue light mobile surveillance security units weird me out. The ones like when you pull up in a parking lot and see that blinking light, it scared the shit out of me at first. It kind of looked like a flashing cop car.