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I posted the following to /r/ but it was removed... (hmmm) There was a statement that was made that China has been seeking to build the largest face recognitio
by samstave 7y ago
I posted the following to /r/ but it was removed... (hmmm)
There was a statement that was made that China has been seeking to build the largest face recognition db... (obv FB has that embedded not only in their name, but their userbase -- and what China wants to do is compete with FB on this front for their own means...)
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TikTok is a face recognition harvesting platform WITH sentiment!
Hear me out.
So TikTok is literally focused (on multiple levels) of the users face being in a very contrived space and detail - its largely wide with younger ppl... however
IT ALREADY HAS 50% of the FB population:
https://www.oberlo.com/blog/tiktok-statistics https://www.oberlo.com/blog/tiktok-statistics
https://futurism.com/the-byte/tiktok-facial-recognition https://futurism.com/the-byte/tiktok-facial-recognition
'500 MM users'
in less than a 3rd of the time....
TikTok vs FB combined is the new Digital Cold War.
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I have recently disabled my phone. But obv - I post to HN and .r. and I will not be able to off-grid without significant effort.
Conclusion: Privacy is not only dead, it has both necromancers and necrophiliacs fucking you in the shadows forever without recourse.