Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l...
by sillysaurusx on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:16PM
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What are some examples? (I'm genuinely interested.)
Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l...
by ska on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:29PM
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Other than the FAA one I gave?
There are legal/regulatory limits placed on technologies that can
- create radio signals and/or interference
- reproduce some things (e.g. financial instruments)
- produce certain types of substances (e.g. nuclear, but also chemical)
- are primarily used for producing restricted things (e.g. some arms and armament)
- explode particularly well
- etc.
In some cases this will limit your ability to purchase or create them, in some cases just use. For many things you can do them as a corporation, but only if you subject yourself to scrutiny that you are playing by the rules - i.e. you will be audited.
But as you suggest the usual answer to this is has always been regulation, which is only effective with teeth.
Nobody can stop you learning how to build a RF transmission devices, or conversely a blocker. But the FAA has very particular ideas (US specific) on what you are allowed to do and not in that space, and if you step too far out of bounds you will be shut down.
The trick is to make the penalties both likely and severe enough to outweigh any benefit you'll see. That will shut down most (ab)uses of the technology. Note regulation can include "you cannot do this as an individual or corporate entity, at all".