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Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by jmclnx on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:56PM (#37340244)
Funny, some people in the Arab world are fighting required Hijab use. In the US and Europe, with this happening, I could see many people outside wearing Hijabs that cover your full face in the future.
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by popcalc on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:26PM (#37340705)
>many people outside wearing Hijabs that cover your full face in the future

I'd assume they would be seen as a freak by the average person, in the same way people under the age of 60 who don't own a smartphone are today.

Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by cpeterso on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:38PM (#37340903)
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Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by WeylandYutani on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:41PM (#37340937)
In my country it is actually illegal to cover your face. There was a substantial backlash on Islam.

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/gezichtsbedekkende-...

Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by n1b0m on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:09PM (#37340462)
If you’re referring to Iran their Persian not Arab.
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by acheong08 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:41PM (#37340933)
The Arab world refers to the Islamic countries in the Middle East I believe. Not any specific country
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by n1b0m on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:11PM (#37341413)
Iran is in the Middle East and and is also where the most recent and high profile protests against the forced wearing of the hijab have taken place. I’m pretty sure most Iranians wouldn’t take too kindly to being called Arab unless they are from the minority Iranian Arabs.
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by ptdn on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:12PM (#37341446)
Iran is not considered part of the Arabic world and is a completely different branch of Islam.
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by pas on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:50PM (#37342008)
can you please elaborate on this?different how?
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by n1b0m on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:05PM (#37342179)
Shia vs Sunni
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by zen_1 on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:27PM (#37355832)
There are sunni and shia arabs too, that's a separate distinction. It's more that Iranians and Arabs are two distinct cultures with different languages and histories (though a lot of the more recent history is common or shared). It's like confusing Spain and Poland, yes, they're both European nations that use the latin alphabet, but you'd be wrong to call them both Iberian because of that
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by zen_1 on Friday September 01, 2023 @03:57PM (#37355521)
No, Arab implies that someone is either ethnically Arab, or that their mother tongue is a dialect of Arabic
Re:IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed ... by 0xDEF on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:45PM (#37341007)
It's peak techbro delusion to think the rest of the population care that much about privacy.

I wish I was wrong.