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Re:The Secretive Business of Facial-Recognition Software in ... by gotocake on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:16PM (#18280033)
Maybe the future is just full of EM blasters and jammers, made as easy to buy and hard to control as insanely overpowered laser pointers.
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Re:The Secretive Business of Facial-Recognition Software in ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:59AM (#18281576)
It's sickening to think that you're going to have to engage in actual electronic warfare with the world around you just to buy some milk for breakfast.
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Re:The Secretive Business of Facial-Recognition Software in ... by hannasanarion on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:49AM (#18282887)
In order to save yourself from, what exactly? The local grocer having a picture of you in their store?
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Re:The Secretive Business of Facial-Recognition Software in ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:31PM (#18286097)
What do they need that for?

Also, such systems are primarily used by chain shops, and provided by specialized companies. Both mean the data gets shared to multiple entities.

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