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Sounds like a modern-day version of Luddism. We don't need to block it. We need to embrace it and make sure it's used properly, safely and with accountability.
by zo1 6y ago
Sounds like a modern-day version of Luddism.
We don't need to block it. We need to embrace it and make sure it's used properly, safely and with accountability. We're not talking about nuclear warheads here. There has to be a safe and secure way to get the benefits of large-scale and centralized facial-recognition and tracking.
- jhgb 6y ago> We're not talking about nuclear warheads here. True, we're talking about something worse. The danger is higher and the detectability and barriers to entry are lower.
- brodock 6y agoOnce systems are in place, all it takes is a change in will of who controls it.
- selfhoster11 6y agoThis is precisely my objection to anyone who suggests such things are put in place. The Stasi would have simply loved to just inherit an all-pervasive, comprehensive surveillance system from a more peaceful predecessor.
- Jiejeing 6y ago> We need to embrace it and make sure it's used properly This has never worked, period.
- mellavora 6y agoExcept if the embrace is a death-embrace in which you carry the technology with you to the netherworld, leaving none of it behind... and 'used properly' means 'utterly destroyed'
- zthrowaway 6y agoThere’s a point where things can go too far. When we have machines violating our privacy and manipulating social expression (behaviors change when people know they are being watched and tracked), that’s a problem. In the end it’s corporations and governments doing this, why all of a sudden have we forgotten how most of the time they don’t have our best interest in mind and only greed and power?
- selfhoster11 6y ago> We're not talking about nuclear warheads here. No, we're not. Those damage the physical world. Facial recognition will damage something else in the long run - the society - which is just as dangerous.
- neartheplain 6y agoYou know what else damages society? Rape, murder, kidnapping, arson. Facial recognition software, used responsibly under a strict and throughly-audited regulatory scheme, can assist law enforcement in more quickly and reliably apprehending suspects in such cases. I see absolutely no reason why it shouldn’t be used, given the proper legal and regulatory framework.
- simion314 6y agoWhat are the benefits? The only thing I can think might be that for a shot while you can catch some criminals but as they learned to use gloves they will learn to use masks, After that what benefits are there for creating a database with everyone historical location?
- anticristi 6y agoWell, there you have it. It creates jobs in the high-end mask accessories industry.