Not long ago, an old acquaintance of mine and I were discussing FRT – Facial Recognition Technologies, and she told me: “I had read that in some of the larger banks, they are using them also and that the person’s name is put onto computers so the bank employees can greet them and make them feel important – odd that we will no longer be in control of our images.” Well, you know, Facial Recognition at Banks, interesting + if someone is going to rob the bank, everyone knows it as they walk in – but what about mistakes? Arresting someone’s son or daughter?
Still, as nice as this might be to feel important wouldn’t you feel weird if the Wal-Mart Greeter said hi to you using your first name while they were wearing Google Glasses? At that point you might want to decide to disguise yourself or become paranoid. Of course, “just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you,” as a loyal customer that is.
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