{"slug": "show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail", "title": "Show HN: Approve an AI agent's wire with Face ID,then watch a forged one fail", "summary": "EMILIA, a new protocol for human-in-the-loop AI agent approvals, launched a demonstration allowing users to approve an $82,000 wire transfer using Face ID via WebAuthn, then watch the verification process fail when a forged approval is attempted. The demo runs entirely in the browser with no data uploaded, using an open-source verification package to confirm each approval ceremony. The project aims to solve the problem of AI agents executing high-value transactions without human oversight.", "body_md": "Be the human in the loop\n\n# An AI agent is about to wire $82,000.\n\nIn most systems it just happens. In EMILIA it can’t — not until a named human approves it on their own device. **Be that human.** You’ll approve with your device, then watch the approval verify — every check — right here in your browser, with nothing uploaded.\n\n1Enroll as the approver\n\n**This is not a video.** The approval is a real\n\n[WebAuthn](https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/)ceremony on your device, and the verification is the open-source\n\n`@emilia-protocol/verify`\n\npackage running in this tab. Open your network tab — nothing is uploaded. The simulated option uses an ephemeral key generated in your browser and discarded on reload; it exists only so the demo works where a platform authenticator isn’t available.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail", "canonical_source": "https://www.emiliaprotocol.ai/try", "published_at": "2026-06-12 02:02:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-12 02:49:49.938689+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["EMILIA", "WebAuthn", "Face ID"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-approve-an-ai-agent-s-wire-with-face-id-then-watch-a-forged-one-fail.jsonld"}}