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I know that was in jest (if not, you may be turning into a supervillian), but the actual implications of having facial recognition built into contacts is immens
by DilipJ 15y ago
I know that was in jest (if not, you may be turning into a supervillian), but the actual implications of having facial recognition built into contacts is immense. It will be a Minority Report type world, where anonymity would be completely gone.
I guess it would mean no criminal outlaws or parole violators walking around, but for a common man to not be able to walk anywhere without everyone around him knowing everything there is to know about him....that's scary
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI imagine that sharing facial-recognition data will be protected by new laws - although, of course, it won't work. Perhaps we'll start seeing new fashions arise as a result: http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/03/cv-dazzle/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/03/cv-dazzle/
- DilipJ 15y agoI guess we would no longer need passports or any government id. Just one look at us by the authorities and that's it.
- Symmetry 15y agoIt is, but then again that's what most humans have lived their entire lives doing, living in small communities where everyone knew everyone else since childhood.
- DilipJ 15y agoisn't that why most people leave small towns, to go to a big city and be anonymous. To be able to get away from their past?