Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology
by throwaway0a5e on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:45AM
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>Do you want the gov't to know where you go, what you spend your money, and who you associate with?
For better or worse (and better only being in the sense that things need to get worse before they get better) there are a great many in Massachusetts do believe all-seeing government surveillance (though if you phrased it like that they'd probably take issue) is a net plus to society.
Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology
by wpdev_63 on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:27PM
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Yes draconian surveillance to keep the status quo. Your choices scrutinized by some faceless figure to keep things as they're 'suppose' to be(or worst yet to carry out an agenda).
Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology
by Animats on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:45AM
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It's because it can track the whereabouts of everyone. It's a massive privacy issue. Do you want the gov't to know where you go, what you spend your money, and who you associate with?
The government already knows that, via Google, Facebook, and the telcos.
Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology
by lovelyviking on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:18AM
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Therefore those data collection activities should be prohibited completely for those companies or anyone else.
It really doesn't matter what the legislation says - no doubt they have already been doing and been calling it something else. It's going to be one of the worst things to come out of the 21st century.