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It's too late for Moscow to care about privacy. It has already been eliminated. Lack of option to pay with your face doesn't mean the system doesn't watch your
by qwerty456127 5y ago
It's too late for Moscow to care about privacy. It has already been eliminated. Lack of option to pay with your face doesn't mean the system doesn't watch your face already. I'd be welcoming the face pay if I were them because it's just a convenience being built on top of the surveillance system already working. Let it serve at least one good purpose besides it's actual orwellian function they've built.
- splatzone 5y agoI think this is a bad idea. Welcoming a convenient feature of a sinister system just helps justify the system's existence. This is true of lots of things. Card payments are more convenient than cash, sure, but there's a hidden cost behind that convenience - your spending is easily traced and tied to your individual bank account. Better to let people see orwellian tech for what it is!
- anyfactor 5y agoI think it was inevitable that any form progress made in computer vision will more or less be applied to perfecting facial recognition. Yes, incredible amount of progress has been made in using computer vision to identify diseases but the authoritarian and workplace use case of computer vision is absolutely effective at present time. Orwellian tech isn't sudden, it is a creep, it is comfort, it is an acceptable cost of convenience.
- qwerty456127 5y agoI agree but I feel pessimistic about the possibility of the surveillance being reversed. When you are tied really well and being fucked the only constructive option left is to try to relax and enjoy that...
- zz865 5y agoKinda but I'm guessing the face recognition only works for 90% of people so by making it compulsory gets everyone else.
- bserge 5y agoTime to don the clown makeup, I guess.
- type0 5y agoIf it continues, in a clown world like this soon you won't be allowed to paint a clown face anymore.
- qwerty456127 5y agoLuckily you are allowed and required to wear masks now. But workarounds for this are already arriving - you can be recognized by your shape and walking habit, 5G (AFAIK, or is this a myth?) also makes possible to read your heartbeat and veins pattern.