Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by kenjackson on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:42AM
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You assume people haven’t already done the cost-benefit analysis. Just like they have for driving cars, salt, and windows.
Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by fsflover on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:48AM
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Once Librem 5 is ready, this problem will be solved for many nerdy people here. It's just the lack of choice now.
Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by clay10 on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:14AM
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What about the Librem 5 would make you less trackable?
Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by fsflover on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:24PM
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At least the lack of built-in tracking. In addition, the (theoretical) possibility to install any anti-tracking apps available for GNU/Linux.
Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by dmje on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:28AM
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Looks pretty sweet until you get to the $750. I went Nokia 3310, a snip at $65 :-)
Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point
by isDiscardable on Friday January 24, 2020 @06:08AM
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Freedom is priceless.
Personally I think the battle is totally lost until people start actually thinking about the negative impact of these devices, both from a surveillance POV and a wellbeing one.