Sneakers (1992): My Voice Is My Passport
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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.
HN invokes it as a joke or reference whenever voice cloning or voice authentication comes up.
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6 comments from Hacker News
That scene from Sneakers would be so different nowadays. [1] "My voice is my passport. Verify me." [2] 1. link 2. ▶ 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
At first I thought this was a reference to the movie Sneakers ( ▶ this video ), but after searching it seems Wells Fargo also does this, link .
Huh. This is strange. It's asking me to say "My voice is my passport. Authorize me." (Hint: ▶ 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
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