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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by mattferderer on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:13PM (#17127558)
People will be outraged until everyone starts doing it.

How long until we see tons of marketplaces to sell your home & business surveillance videos?

Maybe security companies will start offering free versions of things like Nest as long as you let them sell the video in their marketplace. It's the 21st Century way after all.

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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by GabeIsman on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:33PM (#17127770)
Well this is a terrifying thought.
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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by fixermark on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:49PM (#17127923)
I can't recommend David Brin's "The Transparent Society" hard enough on this topic [https://books.google.com/books?id=wg4XBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA336&dq=0...].

It's a bit dated, but the basic premise---the pattern of technology getting smaller, cheaper, and easier applies to surveillance technology also---tends to continue to be an accurate depiction.

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