To own a computer or smartphone — indeed, to engage with the digital world to any degree — is to be a mark. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed.
Category: Identification Devices
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Will Passports Be Replaced by Biometrics?
Technology that uses a traveler’s unique physical identifiers, such as fingerprints and faces, will be expanded at airports in the United States and abroad.
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Readers Share Their Best Personal Travel Hacks
A few months ago, we asked you for your favorite travel tips. Here are some standouts that could help make everyone’s next trip a bit better.
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Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has started Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that aims to scan billions of human irises.
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Real ID Deadline for Domestic Fliers is Extended. Again.
The New York Times – Travel:After years of delays, security-enhanced driver’s licenses and other updated identification requirements were set to be mandatory next spring. Now the government is giving you another two years.
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Domestic Fliers Will Need Real ID Compliant Identification in 2023
The New York Times – Travel:For years, the government has warned travelers they will need security-enhanced identification to board domestic flights, and for years the requirement has been delayed. Now they mean it.