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Isn't this the same as personal numbers for identification/authentication? Sounds like what already exists in Europe, but with a biometric passwords instead of a code.
I assume the companies won't get access to the actual biometric data but some hash or something to just validate that is the same face etc.
Making it (the hashes) available seems harmless in itself. The more concerning part is that companies would start to require your fingerprints to log in somewhere, and then they would have them that way, instead of the government giving it to them. And the other side of this is that the government will be able to track all the places you log into using their system, if you need to connect to it for the validation.
Reminds me of "EU Digital Identity Wallets" (which is just a proposal as far as I can tell).