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Re:EU considers temporary ban on facial recognition in publi... by Reggi55 on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:06AM (#22073391)
It's odd how everyone here has such an odd opinion. It's best to let what be be and regulate it asap. The outright ban just means we'll fall behind, as usual with everything.
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Re:EU considers temporary ban on facial recognition in publi... by boredpudding on Friday January 17, 2020 @05:08AM (#22073407)
Fall behind with what? Fall behind with stripping away privacy from our citizens?
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Re:EU considers temporary ban on facial recognition in publi... by Nextgrid on Friday January 17, 2020 @08:37AM (#22074475)
On every EU-related article there's always someone commenting about how we "fall behind"... but what did we actually lose out on due to regulation?

Most US-originated tech we widely use today (operating systems, hardware) is US-originated because they were the first to come up with it may decades ago (before EU regulation was a "problem") and it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel, and are now using their monopoly power and network effects to prevent new players entering the market (Apple with iMessage for example).

I don't see new tech we missed out on in the last decade because of regulation, so could you please elaborate with some examples?

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