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Re:Don’t Regulate Facial Recognition. Ban It by notzuck on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:46AM (#20476247)
Guns are also amoral but still manage to leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I think the reality is, this technology will be used against the public in negative ways. It's easier to get something banned than it is to change the nature of people.

I don't know where I stand on this to be honest. You are right that the real issue is "overzealous governments and wideranging police powers lauded over innocent citizens" but I don't know what the fix is.

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Re:Don’t Regulate Facial Recognition. Ban It by logicchains on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:50AM (#20476259)
The fix is laws that limit the power of governments/police. If governments are not willing to pass these laws, they probably won't be willing to pass laws preventing them using facial recognition to spy on citizens either.
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