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It looks like an initiative http://innovation.avg.com/blog/ http://innovation.avg.com/blog/ I doubt it will get much traction though as it would take a massive
by yoz-y 10y ago
It looks like an initiative http://innovation.avg.com/blog/ http://innovation.avg.com/blog/
I doubt it will get much traction though as it would take a massive overhaul of all application to be usable. Would be fun if it got into CCTV software though.
- deanCommie 10y agoYou'd be surprised how quickly change like this can propagate throughout an industry. As a kid in the soviet union I marveled at barcodes in a book thinking how marvelous it would be if every product had one, but it would take decades to get done.
- yoz-y 10y agoYes, but in that case there was a clear benefit to the implementor. Faster checkout = more money or at least more free time. In this case what would be an incentive for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat & co to implement this? There would be also issues to have the badge always visible, reducing its functionality. I think this kind of change would only come if it were mandated by regulators. But in that case it could be more interesting to upload your face to some red-list database and then the sites would have to blur images where it is detected. Next step is replacement eyes and blocking à la Black Mirror.
- xg15 10y agoA few years ago, there were conspiracy theories that Hollywood was to develop that technology to close the analog gap. There was general outrage at the idea, articles about all the possible abuses and how it would restrict fundamental rights and pave the way to widespread censorship. Now the exact same technology is employed in the name of privacy. The times, they are a-changing...