OneTaste: Know Your (Convicted Forced Labor) Business

If I get my products from my vendor, why do I need to implement Know Your Business (KYB) or Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)?

Perhaps Compliance Week has a good answer:

“About 27.6 million people around the globe are ensnared by modern slavery, which refers to people being forced to work and losing their freedom due to imprisonment, threats of violence, debt bondage, or retention of their identity papers, according to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization.”

Yeah, but who cares about Third World countries? 

Tell that to the former owners of OneTaste:

“As proven at trial, between 2006 and May 2018, [Nicole] Daedone and [Rachel] Cherwitz obtained the labor and services of multiple young women who had turned to OneTaste for healing and spirituality by coercing them to perform labor, including sexual labor, for the defendants’ benefit.”

Would you want to do business with THAT company?

Although it has undergone an ownership and name change:

“n 2017, Ms. Daedone sold OneTaste for $12 million, prosecutors said. The former OneTaste.us website now directs visitors to The Eros Platform, a community that still promotes it affiliation with Daedone, Cherwitz and and their Orgasmic Meditation practice. The Eros Coaching Collective still advertises a three-session OM training package for $525.”

Will There Be FEWER States with Mobile Driver’s Licenses in the Future?

(Imagen 3)

Normally when states adopt a new technology, one state will first adopt it, followed by other states, until eventually all states adopt it. (Take REAL ID.)

It’s rare that a state adopts an emerging technology and then trashes it.

Last year

But that’s exactly what happened in Florida last summer, when the state withdrew support for its Thales mobile driver’s license (mDL) pending the creation of a new mDL from a new vendor.

Update as of June 2025…there isn’t one.

“The Florida Smart ID applications will be updated and improved by a new vendor. At this time, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is removing the current Florida Smart ID application from the app store. Please email FloridaSmartID@flhsmv.gov to receive notification of future availability.”

This year

But hey, I’m sure Florida is working behind the scenes to develop a new mDL. After all, digital identity remains a federal priority.

Um…check Biometric Update.

“At the forefront of the Trump administration’s cybersecurity shift is the categorical removal of Biden-era digital identity initiatives which had encouraged federal agencies to accept digital identity documents to access public benefit programs and promoted federal grants to help states develop secure mobile driver’s licenses.”

Biometric Update is specifically referring to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order issued last Friday, which affects cybersecurity efforts in general. Lots of use of the Q word.

Next year?

But if states aren’t receiving federal funding to develop mDLs, and if states decide that only physical driver’s licenses are in their interest, then will mDL adoption slow?

Or may other states follow Florida’s lead and let their contracts with mDL vendors expire?

SWOT analysis advocates…this is a threat.

Oh, and by the way…don’t forget that moving from mDLs back to physical driver’s licenses leads to a certain loss of privacy…

Privacy.

Did I Subconsciously Inject Emotion in My “Impede” Reel?

Remember my “In the Distance” Bredemarket blog post from Saturday?

I embedded a reel in that post with the following text:

If their focus is elsewhere

My focus won’t impede

Since I had created the reel anyway, I repurposed it by sharing it on Bredemarket’s social media channels.

Including YouTube. You can see the YouTube short here:

Now when I shared it on YouTube, I did so with no context whatsoever. The caption simply read “In the Distance.” Without the words I wrote in the original blog post (I’ll get to two particular words later).

Yet by Monday morning the short had over 1,000 views. For Bredemarket’s YouTube channel, that’s a lot. Only three shorts have attained higher views: two about Tropical Storm Hilary, and one about squirrels.

But why?

Why?

The relative popularity of this short on YouTube is a mystery. Other than its brevity, it includes none of the elements of a successful video:

  • It does not use trending audio.
  • It does not use trending key words or hashtags.
  • Its message is obscure, if not downright cryptic.
  • Its visuals do not appeal to a mass audience.

Perhaps…

I have a theory that probably isn’t correct, but I’m going to entertain it anyway.

If this didn’t immediately occur to you, the reel subconsciously incorporates emotion. Emotion at the loss of my “former friends” as mentioned in the blog (but not on YouTube). Yes, some of the same former friends who forgot my birthday long ago. 

Needy people, hungry people, it’s all the same. Picture from https://bredemarket.com/2024/01/02/pizza-stories-the-worst-time-to-read-a-pizza-post-on-social-media/.

So my wild theory is that the sense of loss, resignation, and renewed determination (I won’t impede on them) permeated the reel and subconsciously increased interest.

Or maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps there are just more wombat fans than I realized.

In the Distance.

Regardless of the unexpected popularity of this YouTube short, it illustrates why emotions are now the seventh of the seven questions that a content creator should ask you.

I (always) need to improve my INTENTIONAL injection of emotions into my content.

And yours.

Do Your Partners Need Bredemarket’s Services?

I didn’t think of this marketing tactic myself. It was dumped in my lap.

One of Bredemarket’s clients has a partner marketing program, and the person running the program asked me if Bredemarket offered white paper writing services.

Why? 

Not specifically for the client, but because the client’s PARTNERS may need these services.

So I told my client that if a partner requires white paper or other services from Bredemarket in the future, there are multiple options:

  • Work with me on an hourly basis at the $100/hour rate.
  • For text between 400 and 600 words (short writing service), I can bill a flat rate of $500.
  • For text between 2800 and 3200 words (medium writing service), I can bill a flat rate of $2000.
  • We can work out a flat rate for different lengths if needed. 

(Yes, I publish my prices. If you need a 2¢ per word writer, look elsewhere.)

Here are the details on my “short writing service” and “medium writing service.”

Bredemarket 400 Short Writing Service
Bredemarket 2800 Medium Writing Service

More information in my recent post.

If you, or your partner, need white paper services, contact me via my “CPA” (content-proposal-analysis) page.

CPA

Deepfake App Secret Purposes and Age Non-verification

It’s nearly impossible to battle a tidal wave.

CBS News recently reported on the attempts of Meta and others to remove advertisements for “nudify” apps from their platforms. The intent of these apps is to take pictures of existing people—for example, “Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway”—and creating deepfake nudes based on the source material.

Two versions of “what does this app do”

But the apps may present their purposes differently when applying for Apple App Store and Google Play Store approval.

“The problem with apps is that they have this dual-use front where they present on the app store as a fun way to face swap, but then they are marketing on Meta as their primary purpose being nudification. So when these apps come up for review on the Apple or Google store, they don’t necessarily have the wherewithal to ban them.”

How old are you? If you say so

And there’s another problem. While the apps are marketed to adult men, their users extend beyond that.

“CBS News’ 60 Minutes reported on the lack of age verification on one of the most popular sites using artificial intelligence to generate fake nude photos of real people. 

“Despite visitors being told that they must be 18 or older to use the site…60 Minutes was able to immediately gain access to uploading photos once the user clicked “accept” on the age warning prompt, with no other age verification necessary.”

We’ve seen this so-called “age verification” before.

From another age-regulated industry.

But if whack-a-mole fighting against deepfake generators won’t work, what will?

I don’t have the answer. Even common sense won’t help here.

I Predict Thrifty Ice Cream Will Survive

(CC BY-SA 4.0)

Don’t worry about unintended consequences of Rite Aid’s troubles.

The bankruptcy court will sell, and someone will buy, the Thrifty ice cream brand and continue to produce it. It’s a popular brand and therefore a valuable asset, and the creditors will want to get money for it.

After all, someone bought Twinkies. Multiple times.

Maybe Rite Aid just needs content-proposal-analysis marketing and writing services. Then again, Bredemarket does B2B/B2G identity/biometrics and technology, not B2C ice cream and cough syrup.

Fictional “The Amazing Computer” TV Show From 1975

Imagen 4 tried to generate this picture, but even with my second prompt attempt (below) it didn’t understand what an FBI tenprint card was.

I couldn’t get Walter Cronkite in there either, so I settled for a generic newsman.

My prompt:

Please generate a realistic picture of a 1975 television show called The Amazing Computer. The picture shows an FBI fingerprint card with ten rolled inked prints and four slap prints sitting on a gargantuan flatbed scanner. A newsman is talking about the technology.

For the real (not fictional) story, read what Dorothy Bullard wrote.

Veo 3 and Deepfakes

(Not a video, but a still image from Imagen 4)

My Google Gemini account does not include access to Google’s new video generation tool Veo 3. But I’m learning about its capabilities from sources such as TIME magazine.

Which claims to be worried.

“TIME was able to use Veo 3 to create realistic videos, including a Pakistani crowd setting fire to a Hindu temple; Chinese researchers handling a bat in a wet lab; an election worker shredding ballots; and Palestinians gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza. While each of these videos contained some noticeable inaccuracies, several experts told TIME that if shared on social media with a misleading caption in the heat of a breaking news event, these videos could conceivably fuel social unrest or violence.”

However, TIME notes that the ability to create fake videos has existed for years. So why worry now?

“Veo 3 videos can include dialogue, soundtracks and sound effects. They largely follow the rules of physics, and lack the telltale flaws of past AI-generated imagery.”

Some of this could be sensationalism. After all, simple text can communicate misinformation.

And you can use common sense to detect deepfakes…sometimes.

Mom’s spaghetti 

Then again, some of the Veo 3 deepfakes look pretty good. Take this example of Will Smith slapping down some pasta at Eminem’s restaurant. The first part of the short was generated with old technology, the last part with Veo 3.

Now I am certain that Google will attempt to put guardrails on Veo 3, as it has attempted to do with other products.

But what will happen if a guardrail-lacking Grok video generator is released?

Or if someone creates a non-SaaS video generator that a user can run on their own with all guardrails disabled?

Increase the impact of your deepfake detection technology

In that case, deepfake detection technology will become even more critical.

Does your firm offer deepfake detection technology?

Do you want your prospects to know how your technology benefits them?

Here’s how Bredemarket can help you help your prospects: https://bredemarket.com/cpa/

In the Distance

Part of Ubiquity Via Focus is knowing whom to EXCLUDE from your focus.

If my former friends’ focus is elsewhere, my focus won’t impede on theirs.

In the distance.

If you are focused on identity/biometric and technology product marketng, here is What I Do: https://bredemarket.com/what-i-do/

If their focus is elsewhere, my focus won’t impede.