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Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

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Re: Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

#4

Post by artmageddon »

Shenglong wrote: post #2

This is really amazing. With so much feedback data, they could really fine-tune this. Imagine all the other practical applications...

Part of me thinks it's indeed very cool, but part of me can't help but wonder when I'll walk into a store at the mall and hear "Welcome back, Artmageddon!" as some unseen Kinect-style camera looks up my face in some database shared by a whole network of advertisers.

Re: Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

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Post by artmageddon »

d0ne wrote: post #3
Shenglong wrote: post #2

This is really amazing. With so much feedback data, they could really fine-tune this. Imagine all the other practical applications...

Imagine all the other political applications...

As I alluded to in my other post, I could only imagine the TSA getting a hold of this and integrating it into the scanners. I mean, that would be a great use for catching fleeing criminals, but of course, it's all too easy to use against normal people too as they've shown with less-advanced technologies.

Re: Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

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Post by Yrlec »

artmageddon wrote: post #5
d0ne wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine all the other political applications...

As I alluded to in my other post, I could only imagine the TSA getting a hold of this and integrating it into the scanners. I mean, that would be a great use for catching fleeing criminals, but of course, it's all too easy to use against normal people too as they've shown with less-advanced technologies.

If they do I will tatoo a SQL-injection attack on my forehead.

Re: Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

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Post by pavel_lishin »

artmageddon wrote: post #4
Shenglong wrote: post #2

This is really amazing. With so much feedback data, they could really fine-tune this. Imagine all the other practical applications...

Part of me thinks it's indeed very cool, but part of me can't help but wonder when I'll walk into a store at the mall and hear "Welcome back, Artmageddon!" as some unseen Kinect-style camera looks up my face in some database shared by a whole network of advertisers.

I suppose that's about the time that this will come into fashion: http://ahprojects.com/c/itp/thesis

Re: Facebook - facial recognition is enabled

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Post by codeup »

Looking at the privacy, this was unimaginable 5-10 years ago. But Facebook's strategy of little steps is working. I'm quite sure people will accept this and most comments won't go beyond how amazing this is, creepy but still awesome and similar blabla.
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