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How can a company know that you have given them consent before they perform the facial recognition?

• s1artibartfast 7y ago
  You sign a contract, TOS, ect?
  • tjoff 7y ago
    In a public space?
    • PeterisP 7y ago
      If you can't get the permission, then you don't have it - so yes, they can't simply use it on unsuspecting people in a public space.
• cle 7y ago
  Is the mechanism of consent relevant here?
  • tjoff 7y ago
    How can it not be? We are talking about public spaces here.
• Ajedi32 7y ago
  Do the facial recognition, then throw out that data if it turns out the face in question isn't in the whitelist of consenting users. Computers aren't like humans. They have the ability to permanently and irreversibly forget certain information, and they always do exactly what they're programmed to. A local, on-device facial recognition programmed to immediately discard information on unrecognized faces has exactly zero privacy impact. (See also: smart speakers listening for a hotword.)
  • tjoff 7y ago
    False positives. (See also: smart speakers listening for a hotword.)
    • Ajedi32 7y ago
      Which is, ironically, a problem that is solvable by improving the accuracy of voice/facial recognition technology.
      • tjoff 7y ago
        Ironically how? Facial recognition isn't banned. Research isn't banned. Another problem is that the risk of abuse is too great, even if the accuracy was flawless.
        • Ajedi32 7y ago
          I find it ironic because that's one particular privacy problem where better facial recognition technology is the solution, not the cause. If the accuracy were flawless then there would be zero false positives, and the aforementioned issue wouldn't exist at all.
          • tjoff 7y ago
            You can't seriously believe that better facial recognition technology will result in better privacy - in any imaginable future. We live in a universe where Facebook and Google exist and people in adtech can justify their actions. Yet perfect facial recognition will lead to better privacy? Oh, and it is hardly the only issue.
            • Ajedi32 7y ago
              You're taking my statement out of context. Better facial recognition would fix the one particular privacy issue that you brought up. (False positives.) I've said nothing about adtech, Google, Facebook, or any of the other topics you're just now bringing into this discussion.