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Most New Yorkers have no idea that LinkNYC is a Google project that's meant to track them without ever even connecting to the "free" wifi. I'd be willing to bet
by m_ke 6y ago
Most New Yorkers have no idea that LinkNYC is a Google project that's meant to track them without ever even connecting to the "free" wifi. I'd be willing to bet most people don't even know that those things have cameras on them.
- xoxoy 6y agoMaybe an underappreciated benefit on the normalization of face mask wearing is that it stops unwanted or unknown attempts at facial recognition.
- m_ke 6y agoI doubt that they use face recognition for tracking, instead they can just log MAC addresses of mobile phones that come within range. Here's an example of a company selling this: https://www.skyhook.com/blog/nuts-and-bolts-of-location-intelligence https://www.skyhook.com/blog/nuts-and-bolts-of-location-inte...
- throwaway2048 6y agoWhy not both? Google collects as much data as it can in pretty much every other context.
- brigandish 6y agoUnfortunately, this is now being worked on. https://www.abacusnews.com/tech/wearing-mask-wont-stop-facial-recognition-anymore/article/3051388 https://www.abacusnews.com/tech/wearing-mask-wont-stop-facia...