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Re:Amazon Rekognition updates face detection, analysis and r... by foolfoolz on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:01PM (#18507626)
i see a big opportunity in home security.

domestic abuse, alert in case your abuser is at your home. and automatically lock your door.

restraining order? add their face and do the same. i see a future where getting a face scan is a requirement of every restraining order

this tech can save lives

Re:Amazon Rekognition updates face detection, analysis and r... by sk5t on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:53PM (#18507937)
Doors and locks only keep out the honest people. These use-cases have some political appeal but are absolutely impractical.
Re:Amazon Rekognition updates face detection, analysis and r... by foolfoolz on Thursday November 22, 2018 @12:05AM (#18507974)
you clearly don’t know anyone with a restraining order or the fear that comes with your personal safety being threatened. there is nothing impractical with uploading someone’s face to your hole security system when you know that personal is a threat and should be no where near you at any time
Re:Amazon Rekognition updates face detection, analysis and r... by sk5t on Thursday November 22, 2018 @12:16AM (#18508016)
Isn't this solely an appeal to emotion? How is facial recognition going to help in this case, where, if the tech were to gain some traction, bad actors would be aware of it and could take easy steps to defeat it? And even if the tech were difficult to thwart, at what point would the rate of false positives make it viable?