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Re:JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of b... by duckface on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:13AM (#19726769)
you people are pretty stupid. ATMs have tracking, point of point of sale has tracking, your phone, internet it's all tracked and linked back to you.
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Re:JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of b... by justwalt on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @10:14AM (#19728767)
I think you’re right. Maybe we should skip the facial recognition and install RFID tags behind our eyes, after all, they basically know all of that info already anyways.
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Re:JetBlue has started using facial recognition instead of b... by ehnto on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:27AM (#19726836)
No one said they didn't track anything already. But they don't have the full picture yet. Many people pay cash for things. Currently no tracking if you just visit somewhere and don't pay for anything. Not everyone has GPS enabled on their phone.

Ubiquitous facial recognition fills in all of this missing data well enough, and without you doing anything but walking out your front door.

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