Cited on HN 6 times, 2017–2024, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN invokes it as a joke or reference whenever voice cloning or voice authentication comes up.
A one-minute clip from the 1992 film Sneakers in which characters defeat a voice-authentication system by splicing recorded phrases, ending on the line "My voice is my passport." It was posted to illustrate a post on government surveillance.
That was one of my first thoughts too [1]. I doubt it currently will do so as it does sound fairly robotic. It does sound closer however than other demos I've heard so i think we're probably on the way. [1] [this video]
Such a system should prompt two-factor auth. Once the license plate is recognized, an auth request is pushed to Andy's phone and then he verifies by voice. [this video]
I will not be silent until authentication works like this: [this video] Or until it works like this: [link] And then logging in will look exactly like this: [link]
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