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Re:From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is alread... by anm89 on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:37AM (#27881004)
The older I get, the more I want to go homestead far away from busy places.

Here's the thing, most of this terrible shit, like Macy's wanting to scan your face to buy a crappy pair of jeans, or even getting harassed by the police on the highway apply to you far less if you stick away from it.

I guess that's how you become a hermit but the older i get the more OK I become with those tradeoffs.

This is also how you totally solidify Amazon's decimation, if you are going to make violating people's rights part of your experience.

Re:From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is alread... by tdeck on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:17PM (#27885022)
Presumably you'll still need to purchase some things. If you order them online the tracking is even more comprehensive.
Re:From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is alread... by anm89 on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:44PM (#27885301)
Yes and no. They can have lot's of metadata about me but they can't get any first hand biometric information from me from a web purchase.