Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women • Hacker News Board

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by mistercow » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:03 PM UTC

d-z-m wrote: post #9

BigCryo wrote: post #4

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I understand you're being sarcastic, but it isn't hard to realize that the compulsory veiling of women is objectively wrong. The issue is to the coercion of women and girls. Arguments about which culture is good and decent need not factor into it.

Yeah, if you extend your tolerance to tolerance of oppression, you’ve taken a wrong turn.

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by Disk6824 » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:04 PM UTC

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Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by internetter » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:04 PM UTC

boeingUH60 wrote: post #7

[Clearview AI nods in approval]

Does anyone know who was contracted for the facial recognition? Would not surprise me in the least if it was clearview

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by Eddy_Viscosity2 » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:05 PM UTC

Technology sure is useful for the autocrats. Very efficient.

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by BigCryo » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:06 PM UTC

internetter wrote: post #10

BigCryo wrote: post #4

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There's a time and a place to make that point. This ain't it.

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Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by spywaregorilla » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:06 PM UTC

See also the ongoing saga of what seems to be the Iranian government (literally, physically) poisoning school girls.

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by _3u10 » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:09 PM UTC

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Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by sdfghswe » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:09 PM UTC

Morality aside, does this surprise anyone? All countries use cameras do enforce their laws, why would Iran be different?

The problem here is Iran, cameras have nothing to do with it.

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by boeingUH60 » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:09 PM UTC

internetter wrote: post #13

boeingUH60 wrote: post #7

[Clearview AI nods in approval]

Does anyone know who was contracted for the facial recognition? Would not surprise me in the least if it was clearview

I doubt it. Clearview is already being targeted by regulators in the US and Canada, and trading with Iran is basically giving those regulators a 50-caliber bullet to knock them down.

I’ll guess the software is from a Chinese company..

Re: Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

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Post by paganel » Sat, Apr 08, 2023, 5:10 PM UTC

boeingUH60 wrote: post #7

[Clearview AI nods in approval]

At this point anyone who works in the “AI” image recognition space, no matter the company, must be aware that these are some of the consequences of his/her work, there’s no avoiding it.