Yep, the pain of teaching computer illiterate people how to use a remote control...

Biometric technology isn't going to help.
At best, thieves will just hold a gun to your head while your thumb / eye is scanned.

At worst, govern-cements will use it to track you down and incarcerate you for those parking tickets.

Or, even worse biometrics is sold as 100% guaranteed, when the truth is everyone has a double somewhere. People are getting falsely accused all the time by facial recognition software.

Even worser-est is that govern-cement is the number one issuer of false ids. They have back doors in every system they create. That thing that you carry with you which is dear to your life, without which you would find it impossible to do business with anyone... to them is as important as a zerox copy.

And ulitmate-worser-est is that the biometrics have to be stored somewhere so that they can be matched to. If this database is under govern-cement control... well, accidents happen all the time. Databases get corrupted. Ever hear of someone losing their social security benefits because they are dead? And the SS office tell them that is basically their problem, too bad.