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Proving you are you, to a system that trusts paper more than your face.
means The act of proving who you are, or recognizing what something is, usually by matching it against some record, document, or known feature.
from Traces back to the Latin 'idem' (the same) plus 'facere' (to make) — literally 'making the same,' i.e. establishing that this thing equals that known thing. It passed through French 'identification' into English around the 18th century, first in logic and philosophy before bureaucracy got its hands on it and turned 'proving sameness' into 'show me your papers.'
- root meaning
- Latin idem, meaning the same, repeated as proof
- irony
- You need ID to get ID
- oldest form
- Ancient seals pressed into wax, not photos
- modern twist
- Your face is now the password, not the proof