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Finally some acknowledgement that facial recognition is not solely a tool of oppressors. I've been arguing for years that the best option for these kinds of su
by xapata 6y ago
Finally some acknowledgement that facial recognition is not solely a tool of oppressors. I've been arguing for years that the best option for these kinds of surveillance tools is not regulation but widespread public use.
- javajosh 6y agoWe don't know what affect this technology will have on our society, so I for one think caution is called for. So much of the fabric of our society is built on the expectation of anonymity in public places - this loss has both good and bad aspects, but its a huge change, no matter what.
- xapata 6y agoSure, but the cat's out of the bag. We have nearly ubiquitous cameras, and huge databases of images. I think it's essentially impossible to regulate that back to old expectations of anonymity. Back in the old days, you could just go to the next town, take on a new name, and build a new life. Or, you could sexually assault a woman while in high school, then become a Supreme Court Justice. We may need to adjust our sense of what things are forgivable, since in the future none of us will be able to simply leave the past behind. Edit: If it wasn't obvious, that was sarcasm about the Supreme Court Justice. I think it's a tragedy he was appointed, and was alluding to the idea that if that house party had cameras streaming to the public internet, it wouldn't have happened.
- nojokes 6y agoHow naive. Police officers will put on a face covering helmets but general public would be labeled as terrorist when they put a similar helmet on.
- xapata 6y agoGait recognition, etc. Also, aren't we all wearing face masks right now?
- extropy 6y agoHow about adding clearly visible QR codes next to their name plates?
- gremlinsinc 6y agoWhy does that matter? There's this technology called 'gait recognition' which is more accurate than facial, and can tell you from another regardless of what you're wearing.
- zo1 6y agoTools like this can be used to empower the people against evil, whether government-sanctioned or otherwise. But privacy-activists are successfully making such tools "illegal" under the guise of "privacy rights", leaving it only in the realm of government use (for now).