RE: Biometrics and the Invisible Economy - How We Unwittingly Sell Our Own Biology?

I refuse to knowingly use biometric data for unlocking devices etc., on the grounds that if a password/pin is compromised I can make a new one, but if my biometric data is copied/compromised, I can not create a new set.

Having said that, I have no idea if my biometric data is being collected without my consent. Is my iPhone logging my fingerprint or facial data covertly, no clue, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was, but when it comes to deliberately allowing a device to store and use my biometrics...no thanks.

My daughter used to have to charge a card with cash to use the at school canteen, then they changed to a fingerprint method, where you charge your account and verify with your finger...I refused to sign the consent form, much to her annoyance, it took a lot of explaining to get a 14yr old to accept that her biometric data is valuable and that her school is not to be considered either competent or trustworthy enough to store this data. There were some "energetic discussions", but now as a 23yr old, she totally gets it and I'd like to think I have influenced her behaviour and attitude in some way by this hard learned but important lesson.