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1. dgellow · 1790459096 · focus · HN ↗

   2014.

   > Mr Krissler has suggested that "politicians will presumably wear gloves when talking in public" after hearing about his research.

   Politicians didn’t actually start using gloves in public. It’s interesting how as experts we very often assume others will change their habits when we showcase a defect or issue in a system. Very often nothing happens. Even during Covid people didn’t use gloves in public

   1. hatimmoxs · 1790460414 · focus · HN ↗

      Exactly. And there is no need to "Store now, decrypt later". AI can get your fingerprints at $0.05 per image. This is far more dangerous, for everybody.
   2. gus_massa · 1790611128 · focus · HN ↗

      It's clickbait. Making weird predictions get you press.

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