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How normal am I?

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Re: How normal am I?

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I was initially put off by the webcam permission requirement, but the terms and conditions page says it's basically an art project and they don't send any data off (unless you explicitly accept it at the end) so I gave it a chance. I'm glad I allowed webcam permission because it was an interesting, informative, and fun look at biometric tracking. Apparently I'm "violently average" which is not a way I would previousl…

Same, but I think people generally over-estimate how much different from average they are. (It's from the webcam's pov anyway) Usually I also don't like interactions with the webcam but this was interesting enough.

Re: How normal am I?

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post #4

Sharing my face with my camera with a random website? Sure, what could go wrong... /s

Devil’s advocate here. What could go wrong?

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 street with CCTV cameras?

Re: How normal am I?

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post #4

Sharing my face with my camera with a random website? Sure, what could go wrong... /s

Don't we all have tons of pictures of ourselves online already?

Almost all, yes. The people who don't are obviously not normal, so they don't need the website.
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