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This can already be done by someone who truly wants to keep an eye on you, only it takes more manpower (well, detective power). This is simply the same trend a
by adyus 13y ago
This can already be done by someone who truly wants to keep an eye on you, only it takes more manpower (well, detective power).
This is simply the same trend as ATMs replacing (some) bank tellers many years ago.
Will it be easier to perform and abuse mass surveillance? Sure. Will people with something important to hide still wear disguises? I'd bet yes.
My stance is that we can't fight progress, but we can start fighting the people bent on abusing the powers that progress bring. Identifying them is another issue (perhaps some form of facial recognition? :)
- Houshalter 13y ago>Will people with something important to hide still wear disguises? I'd bet yes. Facial recognition systems can be (and are) trained to not be fooled by things like facial hair, hair changing, eyeglasses and sunglasses, hats, etc. Although it can obscure your features for sure. If someone does something really odd to try to avoid the facial recognition (I've people posting things like making your hair non-symmetrical, or just avoiding the camera in the first place) then they just train on those things too. And that person gets flagged as being really suspicious. And things like full face masks are banned in some places already.
- adyus 13y agoAnd slowly, suspicious behavior is suppressed. This will have two effects. People who are truly suspicious for nefarious reasons will gradually stop being so. On the other hand, many will be incorrectly flagged as suspicious and harassed without reason. The trick is to strike a fair balance between the two. But who decides what's fair?