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Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by ricardobayes on Thursday December 23, 2021 @04:26AM (#29660164)
Not everywhere though, in Spain it's illegal to film the street. "In Spain, the law protects the rights of citizens to use public spaces, which is free from interference (Clavell et al., 2012)" If you want to live a functioning non-Orwellian society, move here.
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by andy_ppp on Thursday December 23, 2021 @04:33AM (#29660194)
Spain seems really competent right now compared to the UK, they even have a digital nomad visa for people outside the EU.

With remote working being mainstream going forward I'm certainly going to consider somewhere with more sunshine and less harsh winters...

Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by dmje on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:27AM (#29661599)
The other easier option (although doesn't solve the sunshine problem..) is moving out of cities into rural areas. Very few cameras where we live in Cornwall.
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by Yottaqubyter on Thursday December 23, 2021 @12:01PM (#29663739)
If you do video calls through teams or similar when working remotely, internet speed would be a big issue, coupled with the abandon of a lot of rural areas in spain
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by ricardobayes on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:28AM (#29692214)
Starlink is fixing that, available in Spain 2022
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by novok on Thursday December 23, 2021 @05:42PM (#29667331)
They have bad economics and were living under a dictatorship in living memory. Those countries can do the best for a while once they free themselves from dictatorship.
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by ricardobayes on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:07AM (#29692104)
Bad economics is very debatable. Still a top 15 country by GDP, it virtually matches the economic output of Australia. Pensions are 20 times higher (!) from the country I'm originally from, that is still in the European Union. So yeah, if you are from US, it might look 'bad', but for about 6 Billion people it's a dream place. But also, they certainly don't work themselves to death. Live to live, not work.
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by kenoph on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:40AM (#29661258)
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by ricardobayes on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:01AM (#29661422)
yes, having one CCTV is exactly the same situation as covering every square meter like in London. /s
Re:Face recognition is being banned, but it’s still everywhere by kenoph on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:33AM (#29662793)
I most certainly didn't imply that (:

But you did say it was illegal. Seems to me there are exceptions if that picture is to be trusted.e