Banning facial recognition is missing the point

Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by James_Henry on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:38PM (#22134538)

Schneier's point doesn't have to do with the specifics of, as he says, "identification, correlation and discrimination" methods, but rather he's arguing that focusing just on facial recognition instead of focusing on the larger more important question of surveillance in general is not useful.

If you just ban facial recognition, then you are missing the point Schneier's making.

Also, I think it might be easier to wear a mask than to not carry a phone, walk funny, wear bulky clothes over all skin, and never use a credit card. I don't know how hard it is to constantly wear a mask in public though. I'm sure there would be push back.

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by oarsinsync on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:45PM (#22134915)

Varies based on country. Face masks are pretty normalised in some east asian countries after SARS. Coronavirus has resulted in affected areas being sold out of face masks entirely.

That said, Hong Kong tried to make face masks illegal during the extradition protests, which only resulted in even more protests.

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by emodendroket on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:40PM (#22134556)

I wear a mask outside in the winter, usually, but this makes people uncomfortable inside at best and obviously prevents you from eating or drinking. And you would not be comfortable yourself either. So I'm going to say wearing a mask at all times is not practical.

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by mirimir on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:20AM (#22136093)

One winter, I canvassed when it was -40 C. So I wore a Neopreme ski mask. Which are, by the way, quite comfortable.

I did get a few jokes when people came to the door, but everyone knew why I was wearing it. Some did call me a dumbass for doing it, but whatever.

But if it'd been during the summer?

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by emodendroket on Friday January 24, 2020 @06:24AM (#22137172)

Yeah I think the discomfort would be getting too warm and also having your spit pool up too much.

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by James_Henry on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:48PM (#22134609)

Of course it's uncomfortable

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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by emodendroket on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:33PM (#22134870)

Why wonder about something you already know the answer to?

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