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Re:Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:44PM (#19986817)
I will accept your metaphor as valid if you can present to me a moral use of land mines.

I agree with you about autonomous drones. They have many moral uses. Weaponized ones, not so much.

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Re:Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban by matz1 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:48PM (#19986847)
That depends on your mortality. I see it morally right to use it on my enemy.
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Re:Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban by ShroudedNight on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:14PM (#19987033)
How does one use them on one's enemy without also using them against the long-term population in their affected area?
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Re:Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban by torstenvl on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:54PM (#19987266)
By ensuring that they have an automatic deactivation.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-landmines/u-s-halts-u...

"While retaining stockpiles, the United States has not used persistent mines for some time. The last field of persistent mines under U.S. control was in Guantanamo, Cuba, and was removed in 1999, the State Department official said."

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Re:Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban by baddox on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:42PM (#19987547)
How about enforcing a DMZ?
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