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Facial recognition tech is arsenic in the water of democracy, says Liberty (theguardian.com)
14 points by okket on June 7, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> Spurrier said: “It doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to see how something like facial recognition eats into the fabric of society and distorts relationships that are really human and really essential to a thriving democracy....

Low tech surveillance among East Germans [1] doesn't seem to have made the place any nicer to live in. At least the high tech version just causes mistrust of law enforcement, not one's actual neighbors.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_East_Germ...




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