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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by Animats on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:45AM (#23649694)
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.

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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by lovelyviking on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:18AM (#23650142)
Therefore those data collection activities should be prohibited completely for those companies or anyone else.
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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by dr_hooo on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:55AM (#23650023)
So what's the course of action? Give up and simply accept massive privacy infringement, or support laws that push back wherever (still) possible?
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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by acid303 on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:16AM (#23650131)
You can leave your phone at home, you can't do that with your face.
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