Authority stupidly thinks that biometrics will make the world safer. Exactly the opposite will be the case. The direct use of biometrics will eventually render the technology that it is based upon useless. The reason is that once that biometric has been compromised (as Equifax magnitude data breaches are created by giant centralized honeypots), that data can no longer be used reliably for ID information. It creates a situation of permanent compromise for the victims of ID theft because that information cannot be revoked.

The only solution (in the rare case where identity info is even needed or desired) is to use biocryptics in place of biometrics, which uses a biometric input for a hashing algorithm such as SHA256. Then if it needs to be revoked due to compromise (in the same way PGP keys can be revoked), you can revoke the biocryptic and issue a new one with a special SALT added.

The way authority currently handles such data breaches is to create more firewalls (2FA to 3FA, etc) by requiring more information. Andreas Antonopoulos explains why this is a race that can't be won...