Re:TensorFlow.js: Machine Learning for the Web and Beyond
by mmcwilliams on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:35AM
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I think you're overlooking a lot with that aside. It's just one example but with tensorflow.js you can run your model on a video feed in the browser, frame-by-frame, in a way that wouldn't just increase server costs but would hobble performance as well.
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Re:TensorFlow.js: Machine Learning for the Web and Beyond
by minimaxir on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:40AM
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Any company that attempts to do targeting/advertising based on the user's video camera feed without explicit consent will be shamed/sued out of existence, even if there technically isn't a privacy leak.
Re:TensorFlow.js: Machine Learning for the Web and Beyond
by mmcwilliams on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:32PM
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It seems I made my comment before I saw your edit, that you were writing about only advertising and targeting. I'm not sure what your definition of consent is, regarding video streaming on the web, but it seems to me that every implementation of the getUserMedia API on modern browsers asks the user for permission to access the device.
So yes, anyone surreptitiously gaining access to your camera or mic feed through the browser would get into heaps of trouble and invite bad press, especially if they were able to find a way around the consent dialog.