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A comment on Central Londoners to be subjected to facial recognition test this week. Parent comment

Re:Central Londoners to be subjected to facial recognition t... by bhhaskin on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:23PM (#18708400)
Plastic surgery might remain legal, but you would likely be required to submit before and after photos. Making it pointless.
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Re:Central Londoners to be subjected to facial recognition t... by MiddleEndian on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:25PM (#18708426)
If the tech reaches the point where you can do it at home, that won't matter.
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Re:Central Londoners to be subjected to facial recognition t... by jakeogh on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @05:09PM (#18711050)
You can trivially build banned (some places;) inanimate objects at home, but that does not stop legislators from making those that do criminals. You didnt update FaceRegistry? That's a felony, and another felony for modding your 3d faceprinter to break the FR DRM.
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