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Do you have evidence that the scale of this is as large as you say? If Walmart maintains facial recognition records, and so does Target, but they are kept in se
by umvi 6y ago
Do you have evidence that the scale of this is as large as you say? If Walmart maintains facial recognition records, and so does Target, but they are kept in separate data vaults, that is not large scale. Each company is just making their own observations about their own property.
If the US federal government tracks facial recognition in all stores and public spaces in all states, well that is large scale.
- mindslight 6y agoIn this instance, the "list of suspicious persons" is obviously some shared surveillance database, not just people who were previously kicked out of the Rose Bowl. In general, retailers share surveillance data with commercial surveillance bureaus, for example Retail Equation. Power always coalesces. Also "own property" is utterly fallacious. I'm pretty sure my face is my property. It feels like you're just grasping at various reductionist straws here.
- umvi 6y agoYeah but you don't own information about your face, even though you own your face. Most people agree information is free for the taking by any observers (unless you are a strong supporter of illegal numbers and such). Say we invent technology that allows you to dump memories from your brain to png images or mp4. Now say I look at you and later dump my memory of your face to a png and upload it to my own personal image analysis pipeline. Have I violated your privacy? What if I share it with others? Am I not allowed to share my own memories?