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"Most American’s don’t look their age! And people age at different rates, especially based on demographic factors, lifestyle differences, and more."

So clearly scanning faces for age verification is just an excuse to do something altogether different with the data. Just like social media isn't about connecting people, mainstream media isn't about informing people, schools aren't about educating people, and the list goes on.

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We get into all that on the pod! But TLDR, yes.

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You’re supposed to be on vacation! Be on vacation during your vacation.

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This whole thing scares me. It's like no one has every seen a dystopian movie before or read Minority Report or both in the case of V for Vendetta.

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The online cigar companies have figured it out without facial scanning.

I hope no one is dumb enough to send in a DNA sample for further proof, oh wait 23 and me already spread the DNA jam all over the dark web sandwich.

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How fear of access to a world full of information could shut down the world's largest propaganda network. This is akin to the destruction of printing presses to prevent people getting unpleasant news.

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How much do you think they’re charging the pedos for access to these faces so they can make deep fake porn?

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