On: Ask HN: Opinions on facial recognition at air ports?

[mixmastamyk]

You assume everyone is driving around constantly with a common mobile phone and credit cards, but that is not the case.

[raw_anon_1111 → mixmastamyk]

97% of adults between 18-49 in the US have a cell phone.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/489255/percentage-of-us-...

94% of payments in the US are made with a debit or credit card

https://www.atlantafed.org/blogs/take-on-payments/2024/11/18...

[mixmastamyk → raw_anon_1111]

That doesn’t address much of what was mentioned. Lots of off grid people in this town don’t do all three. Am not offgrid but don’t do them either.

You’re in the wrong place trying to appeal to the defeatism of regular folks.

[raw_anon_1111 → mixmastamyk]

So “lots of people” == 3% of the US population?

And you don’t have a cell phone?