Spitting Image Goes Global: How Your Face Became the World’s Most Counterfeited Currency
GENEVA—The phrase “spitting image” used to be quaint, the sort of thing British grandmothers muttered while pinching a child’s cheek and declaring him the exact replica of some long-dead sea captain. Today, the expression has gone global, industrial-grade, and—because nothing good ever stays local—weaponised. From Lagos to Lausanne, the human face is now a mass-produced…