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Trusting untrustworthy companies aside, that doesn't resolve the issue of hacked facial recognition data. Even back in 2014, malware was coming out that steals
by rockskon 4mo ago
Trusting untrustworthy companies aside, that doesn't resolve the issue of hacked facial recognition data.
Even back in 2014, malware was coming out that steals facial recognition data directly from smart phones themselves.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2024/02/15/stolen-ios-users-face-scans-used-to-break-into-bank-accounts/1133331 https://www.theregister.com/security/2024/02/15/stolen-ios-u...
The GDPR isn't a silver bullet.
Additionally - furtherance of facial recognition technology would impact travelling to foreign jurisdictions.
One of the most common ways foreign travellers get flagged when travelling internationally is for social media posts made under their own name that their destination country's government may not like. Traditionally if you've kept yourself pseudo-anonymous, you've largely been safe. But if we get to a point where pseudo-anonymous accounts are associated with pictures of people's faces, it will become significantly less pleasant to travel internationally for a lot more people.
- rockskon 4mo ago*2024, not 2014