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Think about this phrase but replace it with other crimes: > All legislation would do is create a situation where it's "illegal" to [commit some crime] even tho

Think about this phrase but replace it with other crimes: > All legislation would do is create a situation where it's "illegal" to [commit some crime] even though just about everybody knows how to do so trivially and secretly. The list of crimes that fit that description is huge: - rob a convenience store - molest a child - commit insurance fraud - make a pipe bomb - ... We still outlaw those things, even though most people already know how to do them (or could figure it out quickly) because we don't want people doing them routinely and we're willing to force people to stop.

Nextgrid 6y ago
All of these things have negative externalities that are hard to conceal (except maybe the last one - if you never use your creation you'll be fine and the law is unlikely to catch up with you). The problem with facial recognition software is that it's very easy to conceal its usage. Businesses can use it secretly and then use parallel construction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction) to explain how they obtained the information that actually originated from facial recognition.