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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by bsenftner on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:12PM (#17524769)
Ha! They must be aware they can't keep up with FR advancements, so they are turning to regulations to stifle innovation. Plus pointing the finger at FR and data retention conveniently moves attention off all the analytics their OS captures and retains for Microsoft.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by s3r3nity on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:43PM (#17525024)
Damned if they do - damned if they don't?

If they supported its use: "Microsoft is back to its old ways and is untrustworthy."

When they do something pro-consumer & pro-privacy: "Microsoft can't innovate in the marketplace and needs to stifle innovation."

(Yes, I know it's a straw-man argument, but it's more to point out the general hypocrisy of such a comment.)

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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by huntie on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:02PM (#17525215)
Corporations are amoral. All of their actions are self-serving and should be viewed as such. While a particular action (such as this one) may be good for consumers, this is merely a side effect and not the intention.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by s3r3nity on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:05PM (#17525246)
I agree with your premises, but there's no reason to think that an action can't be pro-consumer + pro-ecosystem + pro-company all at the same time.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by gaius on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:42PM (#17525010)
I guess you have never seen what their Face API is capable of. They’re as good as anyone in this game.
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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by bsenftner on Monday July 16, 2018 @06:52PM (#17545862)
I guess you don't know, their solution is weak.
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