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Sneakers (1992): My Voice Is My Passport

badvertised · 107.8K views · 2013-06-10 · 0:54

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Overview

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.

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HN invokes it as a joke or reference whenever voice cloning or voice authentication comes up.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2024

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What people said

supercheetah · 2024-04 · Joke / meme

That scene from Sneakers would be so different nowadays. [1] "My voice is my passport. Verify me." [2] 1. [LINK] 2. [VIDEO]

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NoZebra120vClip · 2023-07 · Joke / meme

I will not be silent until authentication works like this: [VIDEO] Or until it works like this: [LINK] And then logging in will look exactly like this: [LINK]

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larntz · 2023-07 · Reference

At first I thought this was a reference to the movie Sneakers ( [VIDEO] ), but after searching it seems Wells Fargo also does this, [LINK] .

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