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Any discussion of regulating the use of facial recognition by government misses the point. Private industry has just as much if not more power to misuse the tec
by kbos87 5y ago
Any discussion of regulating the use of facial recognition by government misses the point. Private industry has just as much if not more power to misuse the technology. I don’t know what a global opt out system would look like, but that’s the only serious answer to preventing misuse.
- RandomLensman 5y agoI would sharply disagree with this. The ability to bring proper force into play is not with corporations. Looking at the 20th century, state actors are the ones that could and did kill millions.
- humanistbot 5y agoI have no idea why we can't focus on misuse by both governments and corporations. Your argument seems to be that even though harms can occur from misuse by two types of organizations (governments and industry), there is no point to addressing the harms from one type of organization (governments) because the other type of organization (industry) is more likely to commit harms. With that logic, you'd never get anything done.
- rsynnott 5y agoFrom the article: > In a resolution adopted overwhelmingly in favor, MEPs also asked for a ban on private facial recognition databases, like the ones used by the controversial company Clearview AI
- boredumb 5y agoPrivate entity and individuals come and go at a much higher frequency than government. You still raise a valid point but there is reason the focus is on government. I'd also go as far to say that at least on HN there is a lot more discussion of anti-privacy and invasive practices in the private sector facebook/google/amazon/messenger platforms/etc than in the government.