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I don't understand how this could be realistically regulated. It's passive technology and its use can't be detected. It's like trying to stop people from thinking.
Governments are the first in the line to abuse facial recognition. Now as CCTV cams are everywhere, everybody should have a right to wear a mask everywhere without getting discriminated.
It's a losing game. They will track you with your mask on from the moment you leave your house, your phone, your credit card, your gait, your car... It's like a super cookie, if you don't delete all the 10 places it was stored, a single missed one will be enough to regenerate it.
Total citizen surveillance is coming, everyone's location history will be in a database and kept for years, just like phone call metadata.
This is where the ACLU should spend their time and effort rather than their political meanderings. This is politically neutral, it affects everyone and Americans should enjoy some basic rights in this realm. Govern how private entities use this tech and data. Regulate official use so it’s not abused, etc.
Political neutral doesn't exist. Regulation invades freedom of corporations. I support that, but I'm also left of the center. (For some definition of left and some definition of center)
Biometrics are creeping into everyday life. One of my local gyms this week switched to requiring fingerprints or you were barred from access. Another local gym uses facial recognition for entrance, although you can choose to have a member card instead if you ask for it directly, they don't list it as an option. Thankfully in the EU we have GDPR. It considers biometrics as a similar sensitivity to medical data, so unl…
> If consent is not given then that can not bar you from service. But they probably can increase the price to cover "administrative costs/..."
This is where the ACLU should spend their time and effort rather than their political meanderings. This is politically neutral, it affects everyone and Americans should enjoy some basic rights in this realm. Govern how private entities use this tech and data. Regulate official use so it’s not abused, etc.
This is where the ACLU should spend their time and effort rather than their political meanderings. This is politically neutral, it affects everyone and Americans should enjoy some basic rights in this realm. Govern how private entities use this tech and data. Regulate official use so it’s not abused, etc.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-...
I don't understand how this could be realistically regulated. It's passive technology and its use can't be detected. It's like trying to stop people from thinking.
Also, the very act of having it on the books could discourage usage.
Governments are the first in the line to abuse facial recognition. Now as CCTV cams are everywhere, everybody should have a right to wear a mask everywhere without getting discriminated.
> everybody should have a right to wear a mask everywhere without getting discriminated. It's a losing game. They will track you with your mask on from the moment you leave your house, your phone, your credit card, your gait, your car... It's like a super cookie, if you don't delete all the 10 places it was stored, a single missed one will be enough to regenerate it. Total citizen surveillance is coming, everyone's l…
I am under the assumption that it's already here since whoever carries a mobile phone is already under surveillance since the mobile networks share info with the government, the license plate readers see who is traveling on the roads, and electronic financial records show your transactions.
There is an underlying idea here of a person owning information about themselves and having control over it and making sure a company can not use it inappropriately. I think addressing it as only 'facial recognition' wouldn't go far enough.
Governments are the first in the line to abuse facial recognition. Now as CCTV cams are everywhere, everybody should have a right to wear a mask everywhere without getting discriminated.
> everybody should have a right to wear a mask everywhere without getting discriminated. It's a losing game. They will track you with your mask on from the moment you leave your house, your phone, your credit card, your gait, your car... It's like a super cookie, if you don't delete all the 10 places it was stored, a single missed one will be enough to regenerate it. Total citizen surveillance is coming, everyone's l…