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Thanks to facial recognition, a third person is arrested following a pop concert

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Re: Thanks to facial recognition, a third person is arrested following a pop concert

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everdev wrote: post #35
derefr wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're allowed to cover your face in France, just not in such a way that it signals religious affiliation. The point of the French law is to prevent anyone from being able to identify, through observation in a public place, what a stranger's religion is (under the theory that you can't commit hate crimes if you can't identify your outgroup; and that a generation that grew up not seeing any hate crimes committed—even…

So can you wear a cross necklace or a yamaka? Or use a Jesus fish bumper sticker?

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Re: Thanks to facial recognition, a third person is arrested following a pop concert

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gaius wrote: post #77
petermcneeley wrote: post #6

Many forms of privacy will disappear but these are all modern creations anyway. Think of how a small tribe use to behave. Was there anything that was private in a small community? Would a criminal also too be instantly spotted in the local lodge as the bard plays his tunes?

Think of how a small tribe use to behave. Was there anything that was private in a small community But you could walk over the hill to the next village and start again.

I rather think that when it was the norm for most humans to never go outside their small community, you couldn't, practically speaking, walk over to the next village and start again. They would probably eat you or something. At least, if it was easy to travel and integrate with others, it would be by definition a larger scale society.

Edit: however, I just thought of the story of Cain in the Bible, so that stands as presumably a pretty ancient archetype.

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