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Meanwhile Amazon is rolling full-steam-ahead on developing facial recognition technologies and making no exception to handing them out to countries with track r

Meanwhile Amazon is rolling full-steam-ahead on developing facial recognition technologies and making no exception to handing them out to countries with track records for human rights abuses. It's depressing how even when some companies are doing the right thing at their own expense, others delve straight into unrestricted greed with no regard for human lives.

grillvogel 7y ago
>unrestricted greed with no regard for human lives. well that has basically always been amazon's m.o.
- canada_dry 7y ago
  >> unrestricted greed with no regard for human lives. > well that has basically always been a̶m̶a̶z̶o̶n̶'̶s̶ ̶m̶.̶o̶.̶ GOP's concept of regulation-free-capitalism.
fooey 7y ago
We're leveraging Amazon facial recognition for a time tracking kiosk, and it's scary creepy how good their technology has become. We'd tried it a few years ago and it was too unreliable, but now it's amazingly accurate.
- dgzl 7y ago
  What's the deal with this time tracking kiosk?
  - Shendare 7y ago
    To replace punch-in/punch-out machines or sign-in/sign-out sheets, perhaps.
  - fooey 7y ago
    "Kiosk mode" is an upcoming feature for our time tracking app (https://busybusy.com https://busybusy.com) The elevator pitch is to make it so when the employee uses the device, the app can recognize who they are, and depending on how the organization has configured the app, either automatically clock them in or out, or just use the facial recognition as an authentication factor Our focus is on construction related companies (CAT Ventures is one of our investors), where we've had demand for an old school feeling time clock experience, but with modernized features. Our app right now is oriented around each employee using a personal phone, but many job sites, especially with heavy equipment, don't want people carrying personal phones around.
    - dgzl 7y ago
      Sounds like fun tech, albeit creepy af. I can see the benefits of using facial recognition for employee tracking, but I hope employers understand that they're asking more from their employees than what's normal. I would consider requiring this tech to be an extraordinary breach of personal privacy, and the company would have to compensate extra for forcing me to use it. If that's all factored in then sure, this could be pretty useful.
    - A2017U1 7y ago
      I would quit any job that implemented something like that. Having your day logged down to second sounds horrendous.
      - skellera 7y ago
        You do know that most hourly jobs have you clock in and out either at a kiosk or computer? This is just using facial recognition instead of a password to clock in and out.
        sverige 7y ago
        Why not time cards that are punched by a machine? The tech to scan them in for payroll already exists, I'm sure. Reminds me of the push for replacing paper ballots for no good reason.
- ci5er 7y ago
  This would be good for the test-taking portion of an online course.

grillvogel 7y ago

>unrestricted greed with no regard for human lives. well that has basically always been amazon's m.o.

canada_dry 7y ago
>> unrestricted greed with no regard for human lives. > well that has basically always been a̶m̶a̶z̶o̶n̶'̶s̶ ̶m̶.̶o̶.̶ GOP's concept of regulation-free-capitalism.

fooey 7y ago

We're leveraging Amazon facial recognition for a time tracking kiosk, and it's scary creepy how good their technology has become. We'd tried it a few years ago and it was too unreliable, but now it's amazingly accurate.

dgzl 7y ago
What's the deal with this time tracking kiosk?
- Shendare 7y ago
  To replace punch-in/punch-out machines or sign-in/sign-out sheets, perhaps.
- fooey 7y ago
  "Kiosk mode" is an upcoming feature for our time tracking app (https://busybusy.com https://busybusy.com) The elevator pitch is to make it so when the employee uses the device, the app can recognize who they are, and depending on how the organization has configured the app, either automatically clock them in or out, or just use the facial recognition as an authentication factor Our focus is on construction related companies (CAT Ventures is one of our investors), where we've had demand for an old school feeling time clock experience, but with modernized features. Our app right now is oriented around each employee using a personal phone, but many job sites, especially with heavy equipment, don't want people carrying personal phones around.
  - dgzl 7y ago
    Sounds like fun tech, albeit creepy af. I can see the benefits of using facial recognition for employee tracking, but I hope employers understand that they're asking more from their employees than what's normal. I would consider requiring this tech to be an extraordinary breach of personal privacy, and the company would have to compensate extra for forcing me to use it. If that's all factored in then sure, this could be pretty useful.
  - A2017U1 7y ago
    I would quit any job that implemented something like that. Having your day logged down to second sounds horrendous.
    - skellera 7y ago
      You do know that most hourly jobs have you clock in and out either at a kiosk or computer? This is just using facial recognition instead of a password to clock in and out.
      - sverige 7y ago
        Why not time cards that are punched by a machine? The tech to scan them in for payroll already exists, I'm sure. Reminds me of the push for replacing paper ballots for no good reason.
ci5er 7y ago
This would be good for the test-taking portion of an online course.