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Facial recognition softwars... - Oh_hunnihunni - 17-04-2022
Not a typo.
There's a report on the BBC that the software is being used in the Ukraine conflict to identify Russian soldiers, by linking them to their online lives and from there to their friends and families.
My reaction was that this was multiplying the horror of war, but maybe there are other responses?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61055319?at_custom4=281E791C-BB84-11EC-A28E-22273A982C1E&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_campaign=64&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_medium=custom7&fbclid=IwAR1qbhbROUGADn0gvhXlkrFpJLIPTo5zrip1BMWyNM3pMQXJCr3PFOdiojg
RE: Facial recognition softwars... - Magoo - 17-04-2022
in the usa during vietnam conflict they stopped naming the dead because of the effect it had on the populace.
town newspapers would give the fallen obits etc.
they quashed it.
RE: Facial recognition softwars... - Lilith7 - 17-04-2022
I can see that it has its uses, in identifying a dead person with no ID, but as with everything this is a double edged sword. It could surely be misused, & I came across a short piece about that.
There's no fathoming people who would do this.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-61100181
RE: Facial recognition softwars... - Magoo - 17-04-2022
they brought out face recognition technology before we all started wearing masks