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Biometric data alone is pretty benign.

It's when it's connected to your identity or location that it gets concerning for me.

Nostr proves that you can be identified without needing to provide any personal information. It would be trivial to use an nsec/npub for users as an option to log your biometric data.
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Sourcenode 1y ago

I like the idea. Wouldn't know how to implement it in code though. Also all the data would be public and that's probably not great.

The example I gave him was that it would be pretty easy given enough time to match someone's biometric data with their identity through phone calls, texts, credit cards, flights. If it were public that would be much easier.

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Brisket 1y ago

I'm not saying you need Nostr or relays to communicate the data but you can use the same private & public key logic for sign up & login.

It can all still been hosted privately on someone's server. What they aren't hosting is your phone number or email address.

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Sourcenode 1y ago

Ah I see. Interesting application of nostr.

I wonder if we'll see more private uses of the tech at some point.

I'll mention nostr to his tech guy if I get in touch with him