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You must not have children.

• jrm4 5y ago
  I do. And I have taken pains to generally keep their pictures in my control, and out of databases that I have no access to, and this measure would make this more difficult. I acknowledge that the horrible circumstances used for the justification of this bad policy exist, and sometimes are marginally helpful, but the balancing test for me isn't particularly close. Especially knowing, that at present - the facial recognition technology is not good at recognizing people who look like me and my kids, and presently harms us perhaps even more than it helps (yeah, we're black.)
  • rdli 5y ago
    I worry less about my kids (because I take precautions, similar to you), but I worry about kids whose parents are not as sophisticated. And this is why I don’t think it’s as black & white. An absolutist, deontological view of the right to privacy is something I absolutely empathize with (although the fourth amendment does not enshrine this anywhere for companies; the bill of rights applies to government action.). I’m just saying there is a utilitarian argument as well for doing something like this. And the dialogue between technologists who understand what technology can/can’t do vs those who advocate for exploited children —- is what is needed.
    • jrm4 5y ago
      Odd, and perhaps telling, that you went abstract and utilitarian, seemingly as if that wasn't what I was doing. Perhaps I should spell it out more clearly. My black child-in-the-pool's face matches some unfortunate other child's and now I'm being investigated. It should be more obvious why this concerns me as much, if not more than, the other thing.