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In future many people will cover their faces on public. With cameras, face recognition and personalized ads on every corner; that is the only adblock.
by jankotek 10y ago
In future many people will cover their faces on public. With cameras, face recognition and personalized ads on every corner; that is the only adblock.
- tyingq 10y agoFunny that in a few already oppressive big brother type countries, lots of people already walk around with surgical masks. For different reasons, but...
- darpa_escapee 10y agoWearing a mask to conceal your identity in public is a crime in most places and also a felony in some. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws#United_States
- _petronius 10y agoIt's also possible to defeat some facial recognition algorithms without concealing your face from other humans: https://cvdazzle.com/ https://cvdazzle.com/ I, for one, welcome the oncoming privacy-enhancing cyberpunk fashion.
- panglott 10y agoThe source cited in Wikipedia lists only 11 states that have anti-mask laws. Sometimes there are religious or medical exceptions. Many of them are targeting the KKK or bank robbers, but most of the litigation against them has been state civil liberties unions teaming up with the KKK, who is not very sympathetic. But I don't see how this can possibly be constitutional: http://io9.gizmodo.com/man-in-joker-makeup-charged-with-felony-for-wearing-mas-1793638966 http://io9.gizmodo.com/man-in-joker-makeup-charged-with-felo...
- thr0waway1239 10y agoToo late, suckers. Just on a lark, I looked up whois records for hideyourface.com etc and found it is registered to Amazon.com [1]. [1] http://whois.domaintools.com/hideyourface.com http://whois.domaintools.com/hideyourface.com
- cheez 10y agoYou're reading that incorrectly. That's just where it's hosted (AWS)
- thr0waway1239 10y agoThanks for the clarification. Maybe its just me, but nowadays I am not feeling any better about that either. :-)