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Identity Verification for Nevada Sex Workers

(Part of the biometric product marketing expert series)

There is a lot of discussion about identity verification for people working in certain jobs: police officers, teachers, financial professionals, and the like.

With one exception.

One job that isn’t frequently discussed in the identity verification world is that of a sex worker. Primarily because sex workers usually don’t undergo identity verification for employment, but identity checks for criminal proceedings.

With a few exceptions. 

In portions of Nevada sex work is legal. But it is heavily regulated. So there are laws in places like Carlin, Nevada that govern prostitute registration and work cards. Among other things:

  • Applicants are fingerprinted and are also required to submit a recent photo.
  • Applicants must provide their birth name and all subsequent “names or aliases used.”
  • Three years of residence addresses and employment information.
  • The applicant criminal record “except minor traffic violations.”
  • “A waiver of release of medical information,” since the nature of the work involves the possibility of transmission of communicable diseases. And you thought being a nuclear power plant worker was dangerous!

Presumably the fingerprints are searched against law enforcement databases, just like the fingerprints of school teachers and the other newer professions.

Why?

“The chief of police shall investigate, through all available means, the accuracy of all information supplied by the prostitute on the registration form.”

Included in the investigation:

  • Controlled substance criminal convictions.
  • Felony convictions.
  • Embezzlement, theft, or shoplifting convictions.
  • Age verification; you have to be 21.

As you can see, the identity verification requirements for sex workers are adapted to meet the needs of that particular position.

But…it takes two to tango.

Brothel clients need to be at least 18 years old.

But I don’t know if Nevada requires client age verification, or if age estimation is acceptable.

From https://www.instagram.com/share/_mMj2BVRh.

Xona Space Systems and 3 Inch Geolocation Accuracy

Our existing GPS is good enough (when not jammed) for a person to drop a bomb, but not good enough for a non-person entity (NPE) to be behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?”

“The satellite is the first of a planned constellation called Pulsar, which is being developed by California-based Xona Space Systems. The company ultimately plans to have a constellation of 258 satellites in low Earth orbit. Although these satellites will operate much like those used to create GPS, they will orbit about 12,000 miles closer to Earth’s surface, beaming down a much stronger signal that’s more accurate—and harder to jam. 

“Reid and Manning began to think about how to build a space-based PNT [positioning, navigation, and timing] system that would do what GPS does but better, with accuracy of three inches (10 centimeters) or less and ironclad reliability in all sorts of challenging conditions.”

Quote from https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/06/1117978/inside-the-race-to-find-gps-alternatives/

Xona Space Systems website: https://www.xonaspace.com/

Ontario: When Enforcement IS Enforcement

For those who missed my prior post on the topic, the city of Ontario announced mandatory weekly car removal from the street to allow street sweeping.

If your side of the street is scheduled for sweeping, and your car is still on the street, you would get a ticket.

After Ontario revealed the signs, it stated that the fines wouldn’t be enforced until the first full week of May.

So beginning in early May, I religiously ensured my car was off my side of the street by Wednesday noon.

Until Ontario restated that the fines wouldn’t be enforced until the first full week of JUNE.

Who does Ontario think it is? The Transportation Security Administration?

But I kept on moving my car through the end of May, every single week.

After a month of enforcement delay, Wednesday June 4 rolled around. And I reminded myself that I REALLY needed to move my car that morning before noon to avoid a ticket from the city.

You can guess what happened next.

I remembered to move my car…at 2:30 in the afternoon.

And found a $50 ticket that was left at 12:57 in the afternoon.

On the day that it REALLY counted.

I immediately tried to pay my fine online, but the (handwritten) ticket hadn’t been entered into the payment system yet.

I’ve been advised that it may take as long as a month to record the ticket in the payment system.

Sadly, I’m not counting on the system to forget about it.

Even though I have a REAL ID.

Don’t Learn to Code 2

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As a follow-up to my first post on this topic, look at the Guardian’s summary article, “Will AI wipe out the first rung of the career ladder?”

The Guardian cites several sources:

  • Anthropic states (possibly in self-interest) that unemployment could hit 20% in five years.
  • One quarter of all programming jobs already vanished in the last two years.
  • A LinkedIn executive echoed the pessimism about the future (while LinkedIn hypes its own AI capabilities to secure the dwindling number of jobs remaining).
  • The Federal Reserve cited high college graduate rates of unemployment (5.8%) and underemployment (41.2%).

Read the entire article here.

How Expositor Syndrome Helps Your Firm

What is the opposite of impostor syndrome?

  • The Dunning-Kruger Effect?
  • A delusion of grandeur?

Etymologically, the opposite of impostor syndrome would be expositor syndrome. I asked my buddy Google Gemini to hallucinate a definition, and this is what I got:

“Expositor Syndrome is a hypothetical, non-clinical psychological pattern characterized by an overwhelming and often compulsive urge to explain, clarify, or elaborate upon concepts, ideas, or events, even when such detailed exposition is unsolicited, unnecessary, or redundant. Individuals exhibiting Expositor Syndrome experience a profound discomfort or anxiety if they perceive a potential for misunderstanding or an unstated implication, feeling an internal pressure to “lay bare” all facets of a topic.

“Note: This is a fictional construct, not a recognized medical or psychological condition.”

Gemini actually said a lot more, but I chose not to elaborate.

This, rather than a delusion of grandeur, is considered the opposite of impostor syndrome because an impostor HIDES their true talented self, whereas an expositor ELABORATES and goes on and on about their knowledge. Until their friends become former friends and stop speaking to them.

But can someone exhibit both expositor syndrome and a delusion of grandeur?

Perhaps such a person—if they exist—can still make positive contributions to society.

Such as the Bredemarket 2800 Medium Writing Service, approximately 2800 to 3200 words that (a) answers the WHY/HOW/WHAT questions about you, (b) advances your GOAL, (c) communicates your BENEFITS, and (d) speaks to your TARGET AUDIENCE.

If you need someone to write roughly 3000 words about your identity/biometric or technology firm, request information at https://bredemarket.com/bredemarket-2800-medium-writing-service/

Bredemarket 2800 Medium Writing Service

How (and Why) to Avoid Unreliable Business Partners

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Is there an easy way to detect potential business partners to avoid?

There are reliable business partners, and unreliable ones. 

I’d like to share my thoughts on how to gravitate toward the former and away from the latter, and why this is critically important to your business.

What is a reliable business partner?

We all work with a variety of business partners: clients, prospects, vendors, agents, evangelists, and the like.

Some business partners are really good at:

  • Paying you. On time, or even early; Bredemarket has enjoyed working with 2 clients with “net 0” terms.
  • Setting expectations. While Bredemarket has its own system for kicking off a project, things work even more smoothly when a client answers your questions before you ask them.
  • Communicating with you. Outside of a project in work, partners who take the time to communicate with you are valuable. Maybe the communication is “check back in a few months.” Or perhaps the communication is “Sorry, but we have no need for Bredemarket’s services.” Even the latter is valuable.
  • Keeping in touch with you. Some partners go above and beyond the minimum. For example, an executive at one of my clients would check in with me and ask, is everything OK? Are we paying you on time?

When business partners pay you, set expectations, communicate with you, and keep in touch with you, you know that you can rely on them.

What is an unreliable business partner?

On the other hand, some business partners are really “good” at:

  • Not paying you. This one’s obvious.
  • Not setting expectations. Have you ever had a client who was vague about what they wanted, saying, “I’ll know it when I see it?” And then…they don’t see it.
  • Ghosting you. In the consulting world, you often get a prospect’s urgent and seemingly important request for services. When you respond to the prospect’s questions, you never hear from them again. Apparently that urgent request was not that important after all.

After you pull these shenanigans on me, I quietly brand you as unprofessional…and unreliable.

How to avoid unreliable business partners

So how do you avoid the unreliable business partners? Here are three tips:

  1. Communicate your expectations. Take the Bredemarket 400 Short Writing Service as an example. I clearly communicate that I only offer 2 review cycles, you respond with comments in 3 calendar days, and you pay me $500 (as of June 2025) within 15 calendar days. (And some consultants insist that I should collect money up front.)  And if you don’t meet my expectations, I gently let you know.
  2. Expect communications. If someone says they will get back with you by a certain date, follow up. Maybe not on the exact date, but remind them what they said. But after a couple of these reminders with no response…
  3. Don’t pursue lost causes. Many of us hold out hope for too long, reliving the movie quote “so you’re telling me there’s a chance.” Bredemarket has hundreds of contacts in its CRM, but the majority are flagged as inactive because there’s no longer a chance. If they subsequently reach out to me…we’ll see.

Why to avoid unreliable business partners

Obviously you don’t want to deal with unreliable people, but why should you be so proactive that the unreliable people avoid you altogether?

At Bredemarket, I continuously return to the topic of focus (ubiquity or docking or whatever). And if I focus on attracting reliable business partners, and convey that the unreliable ones should stay away, then Bredemarket’s reputation as a quality provider will be enhanced.

And the people that want me to halve my prices can go to Fiverr…or ChatGPT.

Wanna Know a “Why” Secret About Bredemarket’s TPRM Content?

(The picture is only from Imagen 3. I’ve been using it since January, as you will see.)

Here’s a “why” question: why does Bredemarket write the things it writes about?

Several reasons:

  • To promote Bredemarket’s services so that you meet with me and buy them.
  • To educate about Bredemarket’s target industries of identity/biometrics, technology, and Inland Empire business.
  • To dive into specific topics that interest me, such as deepfakes, HiveLLM, identity assurance levels, IMEI uniqueness, and Leonardo Garcia Venegas (the guy with the REAL ID that was real).
  • Because I feel like it.

And then there are really specific reasons such as this one.

In late January I first wrote about third-party risk management (TPRM) and have continued to do so since.

Why?

TPRM firm 1

Because at that time, a TPRM firm had a need for content marketing and product marketing services, and Bredemarket started consulting for the firm.

I was very busy for 2 1/2 months, and the firm was happy with my work. And I got to dive into TPRM issues in great detail:

  • The incredibly large number of third parties that a vendor deals with…possibly numbering into the hundreds. If hundreds of third parties have YOUR data, and just ONE of those third parties is breached, bad things can happen.
  • The delicate balance between automated and manual work. News flash: if you look at my prior employers, you will see that I’ve dealt with this issue for over 30 years.
  • Organizational process maturity. News flash: I used to work for Motorola.
  • All the NIST standards related to TPRM, including NIST’s discussion of FARM (Frame, Assess, Respond, and Monitor). News flash: I’ve known NIST standards for many years.
  • Other relevant standards such as SOC 2. News flash: identity verification firms deal with SOC 2 also.
  • Fourth-party, fifth-party, and other risks. News flash: anyone that was around when AIDS emerged already knows about nth-party risk.

But for internal reasons that I can’t disclose (NDA, you know), the firm had to end my contract.

Never mind, I thought. I had amassed an incredible 75 days of TPRM experience—or about the same time that it takes for a BAD TPRM vendor to complete an assessment. 

But how could I use this?

TPRM firm 2

Why not put my vast experience to use with another TPRM firm? (Honoring the first firm’s NDA, of course.)

So I applied for a product marketing position with another TPRM firm, highlighting my TPRM consulting experience.

The company decided to move forward with other candidates.

The firm had another product marketing opening, so I applied again.

The company decided to move forward with other candidates.

Even if this company had a third position, I couldn’t apply for it because of its “maximum 2 applications in 60 days” rule.

TPRM firm 3

Luckily for me, another TPRM firm had a product marketing opening. TPRM is active; the identity/biometrics industry isn’t hiring this many product marketers.

  • So I applied on Monday, June 2 and received an email confirmation:
  • And received a detailed email on Tuesday, June 3 outlining the firm’s hiring process.
  • And received a third email on Wednesday, June 4:

“Thank you for your application for the Senior Product Marketing Manager position at REDACTED. We really appreciate your interest in joining our company and we want to thank you for the time and energy you invested in your application to us.

“We received a large number of applications, and after carefully reviewing all of them, unfortunately, we have to inform you that this time we won’t be able to invite you to the next round of our hiring process.

“Due to the high number of applications, we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback to your application at this early stage of the process.

“Again, we really appreciated your application and we would welcome you to apply to REDACTED in the future. Be sure to keep up to date with future roles at REDACTED by following us on LinkedIn and our other social channels. 

“We wish you all the best in your job search.”

Unfortunately, I apparently did not have “impressive credentials.” Oh well.

TPRM firm 4?

What now?

If nothing else, I will continue to write about TPRM and the issues I listed above.

Well, if any TPRM firm wants to contract with Bredemarket, schedule a meeting: https://bredemarket.com/cpa/

And if any TPRM firm wants to use my technology experience and hire me as a full-time product marketer, contact my personal LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbredehoft

I’m motivated to help your firm succeed, and make your competitors regret passing on me.

Sadly, despite my delusions of grandeur and expositor syndrome (to be addressed in a future Bredemarket blog post), I don’t think any TPRM CMOs are quaking in their boots and fearfully crying, “We missed out on Bredehoft, and now he’s going to work for the enemy and crush us!”

But I could be wrong.

Deepfakes Slipping Through the Silos

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Sometimes common sense isn’t enough to stop deepfake fraud. Marc Ricker of iValt asserrts that a unified response helps also.

“Too often, network teams focus on availability, while security teams chase threats after the fact. That separation creates gaps — gaps that attackers exploit.”

Ricker’s solution:

“iVALT unifies remote access and identity security through:

Instant, passwordless biometric authentication

AI-resistant technology that stops deepfake and synthetic identity fraud”

iVALT trumpets the use of 5 factors: device ID, biometrics, geolocation, time window, and “app code.” 

  • I was curious which biometric modalities and vendors iVALT supported, so I looked it up. 
  • iVALT appears to use PingOne DaVinci, which orchestrates everything. 
  • The only biometrics specifically mentioned by iVALT are those captured on a mobile phone.
  • But it’s unclear to me whether these are the biometrics captured by the phone’s operating system (for example, TouchID or FaceID on iOS), third party biometrics, or all of the above.

Of course, most people don’t care about the minutiae of supported biometric modalities. 

But some do…because all biometric algorithms do NOT provide the same accuracy or performance.

When HiveLLM Pitches an Anti-Fraud Professional

I received a suspicious email from “Sara Romano,” a “scout” with HiveLLM who wanted me to bid on a biometric content calendar with a budget of “75000” (no currency specified).

HiveLLM has no corporate address, no LinkedIn presence, a website only a couple of months old, and an advertised business model in which you can ask a question for 10 cents.

Oh, and “Sara Romano” also cold emailed Danie Wylie, who also found the pitch sketchy: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0nvmhyuLpn3jwMv8K8sbK5EXfS4kcpjfWHicgj4BJhdFLMme87P5fvPSYf9CwjRH7l&id=100001380243595&mibextid=wwXIfr

A clear case of the need for Know Your Business (KYB).

And as you can see, HiveLLM failed a rudimentary KYB check.

But let’s ask some questions anyway.

“Sara, to confirm that HiveLLM is not a fraudulent entity, please provide your corporate address, registration information, and the identities of your owner(s) and corporate officers.”

UPDATE. At midnight Pacific Time, “Sara” sent a long response. Buried toward the end: “I’m unable to provide corporate registration or ownership details.”