Go fac' yourselves: US privacy bods walk out of visage recog talks Talks to establish a code of conduct for the commercial use of facial recognition technology in the US have collapsed, following the withdrawal of privacy advocates who claimed industry representatives weren't cooperating. The talks, which began in February 2014, were organised by the National Telecommunication and Information …
Tricky.
Legally you're able to take a picture of anyone you like in public.
And shops are "private property" which can refuse entry, and have cameras everywhere, and usually stop you using your own camera.
If you're on a shop's property, then they could always refuse you entry if you don't accept their T&Cs.
..for face fondling balaclavas and head hugging hoodies. Have the eastern companies embed a chip into each garment which will silently upload the wearer's facial profile at every opportunity. Those buggers can go straight onto the suspicious felon police database. What's not to like?
Ditto, c*ck cradling condoms.. get onto to that perv DB!
In case anyone is concerned I decided not to make myself Prime Minister because I have too many of these ideas.
Not really.
I think that it is illegal in most countries to hide your face in public.
That is why the bank robbers in films always put on their balaclavas right before going into the bank. If they walked all the way there in public, they'd be arrested long before they got to the bank door.
Of course they could always just employ staff who give a s*it and who take the trouble to know their customers and treat everyone as important anyway.
Even that can freak people out. Last year I was staying in a hotel and one evening in the executive lounge a lady walked in and the receptionist smiled at her and said "Good evening Mrs ..., I think your husband is sitting around to the left" When she'd found her husband she was freaking out, "how does she know my name?" and the husband was explaining that they'd come in the night before and had their room key checked for entry, of course the receptionist would remember, and that she'd probably remember if you came back next year too and she'd remember what you like to drink, that's her job.
Most of these strained attempts at justifying the technology seem to be of the type--"If only we had known it was you, we would have treated you better."
But is there really anything a machine can do for you by recognizing you? Other than some biometric applications, the rest of this stuff seems to be related only to crowd control by threat of identification.
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