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Re:China’s facial-recognition systems crunch data from camer... by trevos on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @11:54AM (#14646549)
Completely disagree. Instead, we make it illegal to record people in public spaces without warning and consent. Make it a criminal offence with strong penalties, especially for the publication of people-identifying records. It should be illegal to set up a camera on one's fence along a highway and publish the license plates and times of cars passing by.
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Re:China’s facial-recognition systems crunch data from camer... by ghaff on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @12:10PM (#14646685)
Whether or not it's a good thing given the advent of ubiquitous facial recognition software, that's never ever going to happen. You're basically arguing for photography being banned in public spaces. The fact that would almost certainly be unconstitutional in the US is probably the least of the barriers to implementing such a law.
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Re:China’s facial-recognition systems crunch data from camer... by accountyaccount on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:51PM (#14647582)
I think this is nearing pure impossibility. How could you even begin to enforce it?
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