The person you’re replying to is saying that in the several years the technological means to impersonate people at scale has become widely available, and because of this financial institutions are having to strengthen their security measures to defend against fraud.

When last time employee of bank or public administration in developed world paid consequences for leaking private or biometric data, copies of documents or documents themselves?

Because now you have kiddos in customer service demanding things like deed of purchase of real estate or inheritance documents.

Well, that's why we've made 'em and put 'em there - we need accountability sinks!

Wrong, I am saying that you are already an impersonation of an impersonation and that's the only reason you have access to banking in the first place.

As a US citizen, I have to say that you are completely mistaken. The US is a privacy hellscape.

Last I checked the US isn't trying to force legal backdoors into encryption which puts it firmly above the EU.

Source: US citizen which gives me special knowledge

Because US already has it. Did everyone forgot about Snowden? They have the ability and they are actively using it for at least the past 12 years. There is a reason that every major cloud provider is building a European sovereign cloud now, because US services are not trusted.

They’re also responsible for the preservation of more human life and well being than any other organization.

It’s not a linguistic coincidence. The disease is named after the animal.

My washing machine has a timer. I do the wash when local electricity rates are near zero.

Yes, and you could imagine telling your utility: just kick off the laundry anytime in this time interval, in return for cheaper electricity.

You’ll still get some isolation since not all pathways share the same code. It’s not all or nothing.

There’s film of the whale being blown up. The best part is the sound of whale meat falling from the sky.

Is this a joke comment?

It's not a bubble sort. The article explains.

It’s almost like a global trade war would be bad for businesses.

My friend is a doctor. Her profession uses sections of the NIH and CDC websites on a daily basis. They are the references for drug interactions with medical conditions. These sections are just gone.

Trump’s “cost saving” measures are already actively harming medical treatment in the USA.

I'm sure the NIH isn't the only entity with access to pharmacology information...

I doubt adding paywalls and more 3rd parties will help reverse the trend of rising healthcare costs. But also, just why? Why not keep this information that our tax dollars have already paid for in the public domain? I thought we were supposed to care about efficiency and that information wanted to be free.