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Re:DIY facial recognition for porn sparks concern by BubRoss on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @09:45PM (#20047596)
Whether you want it to happen or not is inconsequential, it's going to happen.
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Re:DIY facial recognition for porn sparks concern by JohnFen on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:16PM (#20055991)
Only if everyone allows it to.
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Re:DIY facial recognition for porn sparks concern by BubRoss on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:05PM (#20057712)
Of anyone can start scraping images and do facial recognition, then they don't need permission.
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Re:DIY facial recognition for porn sparks concern by JohnFen on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:09PM (#20062818)
That's not necessarily true. Anyone can copy and distribute movies right now, but you need permission to do it. If you don't have that permission, you're taking the risk of being on the wrong end of legal action. Sure, it's not perfect, but it does have a restraining effect and, more importantly, it provides an avenue for recourse.

A similar thing could be done for scraping images and doing face recognition. It only takes the political will.

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