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A comment on Singapore to test facial recognition on lampposts, stoking privacy fears. Parent comment

Re:Singapore to test facial recognition on lampposts, stokin... by Inu on Friday November 16, 2018 @06:20AM (#18467993)
> Someone that does not want to be tracked by facial or gait recognition, either because he's a criminal or a political activist, will always be able to do that.

But if the system is not able to assign a face to a specific identity, it might immediately mark them as "suspicious". You'd have to bypass the system by really putting on the appearance of a face within the database.

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Re:Singapore to test facial recognition on lampposts, stokin... by KineticLensman on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:26AM (#18468261)
Yes, someone with unknown identity, using a burner phone (or no phone) and only spending cash is going to stand out.

State actors or suitably competent criminals may be able to use fake personas though.

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