Hate long TSA lines? Hate them enough to get your eye scanned instead?

Let’s forget the creepy factor for a minute. Why might someone opt for biometric security?

For one, biometrics are not easily spoofed. There is only one “you,” and therefore only one person with the bonafide biological goods to prove it. Scanning a fingerprint or even measuring the tonality of a voice could be a surefire way to tie our abstract identity to our physical person.

Compare this to the current standard in identification validation: Government-issued IDs. Paper, photos, and identification numbers can be trivially ripped off. And they are, constantly.

This problem has become all the more pressing with the centralization of identities in large institutions. Big corporations like Home Depot, credit agencies like Equifax, healthcare servicers like Anthem, and government bodies like the Office of Management and Budget are tantalizing targets precisely because they hold such large bags of federally-relevant loot.