Facial recognition: It’s time for action

Re:Facial recognition: It’s time for action by ryandrake on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:54PM (#18631521)

A car’s primary function is not to kill people. If you are an engineer and develop a tool whose primary purpose is mass surveillance, you should bear that ethical burden.

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Re:Facial recognition: It’s time for action by sib on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:25PM (#18631835)

And yet, cars kill many, many more people (1.25 million in 2013, per WHO) than mass surveillance does. And parent didn't qualify his statement as to which products the oath would apply to:

"Anything I build can and will be abused. I am responsible for my designs, for my products, and for the data I collect and store. If my technology is used for evil, I am responsible."

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Re:Facial recognition: It’s time for action by whatshisface on Friday December 07, 2018 @05:21PM (#18632230)

Mass surveillance does something a lot more insidious than car wrecks, it sets up a future where people are killed. It's like global warming.

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Re:Facial recognition: It’s time for action by Koshkin on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:31PM (#18631874)

Whatever the "primary function," car accidents is the leading cause of young people's death in the US.

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