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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by wcoenen on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:10AM (#28650901)
Not a prank.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/04/smile-to-pay-c...

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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by bserge on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:21AM (#28650945)
And people sign up for it voluntarily... Just wow
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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by risyachka on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:54AM (#28651357)
Why wouldn't they? Their faces are probably many years already in government face recognition systems. Also they don't have much of a choice anyway with CCP.

At least they get some extra convenience because of it.

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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by IncRnd on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:35PM (#28656003)
The answer should be obvious. There are unintential false-positives and unintentianal false-negatives. But, the real issues with this form of matching are intentional false-positives and what happens to the data.

Well, that would be the issue in the many parts of the world, but the reporting refers to China. In case you are not aware China is run by a dictatorial authoritarian regime that has expansive powers and has does not treat people humanely.

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