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Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by dmje on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:08AM (#22136588)
Everyone on HN is no doubt sitting there nodding along sagely but there’s also a pretty good bet that 90% of us (nerdy, apparently in-the-know tech types) have done very little to think about cutting down on smartphone use. It’s the single biggest surveillance vector (a device that you carry everywhere that knows where you are and reports your habits into a data store we know pretty much nothing about!), but we all now assume - hilariously, in my opinion - that we “couldn’t live without our phones”.

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.

Re:Banning facial recognition is missing the point by kenjackson on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:42AM (#22138095)
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 (#22136748)
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 (#22139499)
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 (#22184025)
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 (#22136918)
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 (#22137080)
Freedom is priceless.