U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Facial Recognition Ban

Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by throwaway743 on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:26PM (#22165611)

Does this pertain specifically to facial recognition or does this also include other biometric markers? If solely facial recognition, then this means jack shit, as people will be identified with other measurements.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by pabs3 on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:46PM (#22165695)

Indeed, Schneier covered this in this essay:

https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2020/01/were_bannin...

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by tictok4 on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:49PM (#22165710)

How about just stop tracking people! We aren't prisoners don't treat us as such.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by OrgNet on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:31AM (#22167808)

We need to start tracking government officials... then maybe things will change.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by raxxorrax on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:40AM (#22167845)

Indeed, since public officials are actually accountable for the things they do, not the other way around. I would be cautious though, because many people just wouldn't want to become public servants anymore.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by Nasrudith on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:52AM (#22168873)

If they don't want to be tracked performing their job responsibilities I think we don't want them as public servants so good. Power comes with responsibility is a good system.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by vuln on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:29PM (#22165626)

You’re 100% correct banning facial recognition means jack shit. I guess it’s a start though.

Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk https://apnews.com/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by ardy42 on Monday January 27, 2020 @10:56PM (#22166313)

> Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk https://apnews.com/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a

An ex-CIA disguise specialist said that you can change your gait by putting a pebble in your shoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8

Her comments were targeting human recognition, and I speculate that one of the reasons she was allowed to share her disguise techniques is that maybe they're ineffective against automated facial recognition and therefore obsolete.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by bsenftner on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:47AM (#22169274)

And bad journalism gets repeated: 'gait recognition' is fraud now, it was something until proved to be unreliable and easily defeated several years ago. nobody peddling gait recognition is taken seriously - it is almost a line in the sand for technical idiots trying to cash in, not actual members of the security industry, just tech opportunists.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by simplify on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:35PM (#22176685)

Easily defeated if you make the effort. Do you want a world where we have to consciously change our gait to "easily defeat" the recognition AI? If not, then it should be banned too.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by bsenftner on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:49AM (#22181067)

All one needs is different pairs of shoes worn on different days.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by trhway on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:03PM (#22166344)

so, one has to be on a scooter and inside a half transparent balloon. Almost like haut-women of Cetaganda. Naturally it was allowed only for that higher caste.

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by hanniabu on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:13AM (#22166888)

Just wait for the scooter recognition technology...

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Re:U.S. Gov Privacy Watchdog Under Pressure to Recommend Fac... by OrgNet on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:30AM (#22167805)

It doesn't mean jack shit... it's a start that can be improved upon.

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