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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 109 points 2 weeks ago

To be clear, the system picked out faces in the crowd, in the "yes, this is a face" sense. They were labeled in what appears to be random terms like positive, kind, nostalgic, bee keeper, gif animator, extreme ironer. No personal identification.

[-] trailee@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

Oh that’s very interesting. I didn’t get that nuance from the article. Do you have a link to more info?

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it's the link to the Youtube clip in the embed in the article.

[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago

Specifically, this link, which looked like a twitter link to me.

[-] scarilog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah this article is hot garbage. What "biometric data" are they talking about??? Just images of people's faces? My understanding is that it's super commonplace in public locations, are people really that surprised?

[-] janonymous@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

That is technically biometric data

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Technically it's not until it's quantified and hashed, it's just an image. Until measured, it's not metrics.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

An image is a quantization of reality. An image alone is biometric data if it's a picture of a face, fingerprint, or any other identifiable feature of a person.

[-] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

So a normal concert?

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

extreme ironer

I did come across that hobby when I was trying to list examples of productive sports. Yeah, it's a thing.

[-] birdwing 2 points 2 weeks ago

Still, why the fuck does that exist, and why is it allowed? It shouldn't be there.

[-] pet1t@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think that was their point... to call out the use of facial recognition

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah

No shit

That was the point

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I believe this would be illegal in Illinois, which regulates biometric data collection

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