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Any country with CCTV or public surveillance (perhaps satellite?) could use FB's pics and Face together to track who's where and when. It'd be a synergy for sur
by adrianwaj 14y ago
Any country with CCTV or public surveillance (perhaps satellite?) could use FB's pics and Face together to track who's where and when. It'd be a synergy for surveillance, I just wonder who's got the best technology to do it.
- k-mcgrady 14y agoThe UK is supposed to have the most CCTV coverage in the world. According to this article[1] there is one camera for every 34 people in the UK. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/02/cctv-cameras-watching-surveillance http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/02/cctv-cameras-watchi...
- adrianwaj 14y agoUS on the way it seems. http://www.infowars.com/talking-surveillance-cameras-coming-to-u-s-streets/ http://www.infowars.com/talking-surveillance-cameras-coming-...
- scoot 14y agoThat's not how the Face API works. An app needs the user to be logged into FB, and then the app can attempt face recognition for that user and their direct FB friends only. For a government to do this it would need collusion with Facebook; with or without the Face API. As for satellite surveillance - even if modern military satellite imagery had that kind of resolution (it doesn't), and ignoring atmospheric conditions (a bit hard to do for the UK), it's hard to imagine how they would do face recognition from the tops of peoples heads. With all due respect, your paranoia is misplaced.
- adrianwaj 14y agoHey, who you calling paranoid? Whatever you say big brother.