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The End of Privacy: Facial Recognition Goes Mainstream

Original: The End of # Privacy Is Here (with # KashmirHill ) # Facialrecognition is everywhere now. It’s in # surveillance # camer

Journalist Kashmir Hill is drawing attention to the spread of facial recognition technology into everyday life. The technology is now embedded in surveillance cameras and is expected to reach consumer smart glasses such as Meta's Ray-Ban devices, with students already demonstrating such use. Viral online accounts have begun posting clips of strangers identified through these tools, fueling alarm that anonymous public life is effectively ending.

Why now: Concerns are mounting that facial recognition in consumer devices and surveillance is eliminating public anonymity.

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• The End of # Privacy Is Here (with # KashmirHill ) # Facialrecognition is everywhere now. It’s in # surveillance # cameras ; it’s soon going to be in Meta’s # RayBan # pervertglasses , and some students already did that. You now have massively viral accounts that take clips of… · PrivacyDigest@mas.to · 6

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