How normal am I? • Hacker News Board

I was aware of most of the data protection and privacy concerns presented, but I wasn't aware facial recognition system are being used as widely as suggested here.

If these systems ever become widely adopted I might seriously consider obscuring my face in public.

Here in the UK I've noticed over the last year or so many supermarket self checkouts have been fitted with cameras and screens. I'm not naive enough to believe I wasn't being recorded previously, but I can't help but find this trend of sticking a camera directly in my face whenever I'm trying to make a purchase extremely insulting and violating to my sense of privacy. Now after watching this I have almost no doubt that facial recognition software is installed on these systems.

I've spoken to other people about the rudeness of this but most people seem to think it's fine. Perhaps I'm just weird and more bothered about this stuff than most people. If sticking a camera in someone's face when they're trying to purchase something in a pharmacy isn't going too far though I do wonder if the average person would really care about anything presented here.

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

pawelmurias wrote: post #132

noisy_boy wrote: post #58

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And by that logic, people who do are normal so they don't need to use the website either. So no one needs to use the website :)

that's not how logic works

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Post by throwaway1777 » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 3:22 PM UTC

kypro wrote: post #195

Well executed. I was aware of most of the data protection and privacy concerns presented, but I wasn't aware facial recognition system are being used as widely as suggested here. If these systems ever become widely adopted I might seriously consider obscuring my face in public. Here in the UK I've noticed over the last year or so many supermarket self checkouts have been fitted with cameras and screens. I'm not naive…

Shops and many other places have had video cameras for decades to deter theft and crime so people are used to it.

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Post by upupandup » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 3:23 PM UTC

i can see this easily devolve into affiliate links to Korean cosmetic surgery hospitals. "but you could be PERFECT with just a chin tuck here...rhinoplasty there etc"

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Post by citizenpaul » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 3:28 PM UTC

This won't load for me. I assume its because I have a bunch of privacy protection stuff going?

What is it?

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Post by slightwinder » Tue, Jul 05, 2022, 3:29 PM UTC

cal85 wrote: post #155

slightwinder wrote: post #72

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> Devil’s advocate here. What could go wrong? Could be used for a scam, by a stalker, for social engineering, or several other evil ploys. Today, there are so many possible bad actions which are happening... On average, they are unlikely, but not impossible. And who knows about the long run. > If you open a website in a fresh browser context and let it use your camera, isn’t this about the same as walking down a stre…

Which country is that?

A member of the European Union, there are strong regulations for all countries here.