> We are probably an election cycle or two away from where I worry about the government making use of this Too late. https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/fbi-wants-exempt-biometric-mega-database-privacy-and-accuracy-rules From: Christopher Herot [mailto:
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Subject: Re: [projectvrm] Facial recognition vs. Privacy We are probably an election cycle or two away from where I worry about the government making use of this, but the implications of what businesses could do is really scary. Imagine a surveillance network observing you going into a bar or marijuana dispensary and then some time later you find out your insurance rates have gone up, a landlord won’t rent to you, or you didn’t get offered that job? From: Doc Searls <
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Subject: [projectvrm] Facial recognition vs. Privacy <https://mic.com/articles/144573/an-incredibly-accurate-facial-recognition-app-is-coming-here-s-what-it-means-for-privacy>
The headline: "An Incredibly Accurate Facial Recognition App Is Coming — Here's What It Means for Privacy.” It begins,
"Privacy is dead — or at least, it will be soon. That's the conviction held by Russian entrepreneurs Artem Kukharenko and Alexander Kabakov, whose startup, NTechLab, recently launched a facial recognition app that nearly obliterates the concept of anonymity. Called FindFace, the app has remained exclusive to Russia since going live earlier this year. Soon, though, Kuhkarenko and Kabakov are introducing a cloud-based platform that makes their frighteningly accurate algorithm available to everyone…"
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