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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 warning that the end of privacy is here as facial recognition spreads into everyday life. The technology is already embedded in surveillance cameras and is set to reach consumer devices like Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, with students among early adopters. Viral accounts are already posting clips of strangers identified by such tools, fueling alarm about mass identification of people in public without consent.

Why now: Facial recognition is rapidly moving from government surveillance into consumer products, raising fresh privacy concerns.

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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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