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1 pointsby asnyderover 11 years ago

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asnyderover 11 years ago
Some interesting related pieces:<p>* <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/2014/01/60361/nametag&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=NDc3MzQ2MDkwMjU3NzAxNzQwMA&amp;cad=CAEYAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFswDLMAYG83zDtL0WZ6_CCt59Znw" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.refinery29.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;60361&#x2F;nametag&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=NDc...</a><p>* <a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/01/09/stalker-friendly-app-nametag-uses-facial-recognition-to-look-you-up-online/&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=NDc3MzQ2MDkwMjU3NzAxNzQwMA&amp;cad=CAEYAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAsM573pLvhieSeXt3jjW58vsfWw" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nakedsecurity.sophos.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;09&#x2F;stalker-friendly-...</a><p>Personally, I think this is very scary, especially since they&#x27;re planning to make it opt-out, so you&#x27;re in the results, unless you sign up and opt-out. I&#x27;m guessing some legislation is necessary to prevent all out abuse of this sort of technology. There&#x27;s obviously benefits to this sort of technology, but in my opinion, should be tightly controlled.