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Interesting that laws against masks started popping up after governments got their hands on automated face tracking software.
by swebs 7y ago
Interesting that laws against masks started popping up after governments got their hands on automated face tracking software.
- easytiger 7y agoYou mean... cameras
- bathtub365 7y agoWith a fully automated system it’s much easier to track someone’s movements than it is if you had people watching cameras. The spread of facial recognition software is a differentiator worth pointing out.
- swebs 7y agoIt seems most of these weren't passed until after 2010, whereas CCTV was widespread since at least the 80's.
- wilsonrocks 7y agoIsn't CCTV bad at identifying faces though?
- swebs 7y agoCCTV just means the video feed is not broadcast publicly. Cameras can be as good as you're willing to pay.
- easytiger 7y agoOff the shelf CCTV is beyond terrible for most purposes concordant with this conspiracy theory. In a jurisdiction I know police always come to unrest etc with a van equipped with HR cameras. Those are then manually sifted post event to identify persons
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoThe German law has existed at least as long as whatever face tracking software was state-of-the-art on AMIGA 500.