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On Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:26:54 -0400, Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com>
wrote:

>Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 08:55:01 -0400
>> Bud Frede <fr...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps we should really be nostalgic for the days when we had more
>>> privacy?
>>
>> 	Privacy isn't that hard just don't use the internet :) Works just
>> as well with today's multi-gigahertz machines as it did with a 4MHz Z80.
>
>I wasn't think of simply using the Internet. I was also thinking of how
>so many more entities are collecting data about us now, and how readily
>accessible that data can be.
>
>Much of the privacy that we took for granted years ago no longer
>exists. You can't even walk to the store in some areas without your
>presence being noted by any number of systems.
>
>You certainly can't go to a political or religious rally anymore and
>expect to remain anonymous. You can't even stop to listen to someone on
>a soapbox haranguing people in the park without the possibility that
>your presence will be noted and recorded.
>
>I've seen a number of demos of how good facial recognition is, and I've
>heard of projects to use a person's gait or other characteristics to
>identify them if their face isn't visible.
>
>None of this is news, but it is becoming all-pervasive and I see many
>possibilities for abuse.

Back in the 1970s I was watching day time television, which I stopped
doing not many years after that, and they were talking about security
cameras.

One police officer on the show talked about how they had arrested, and
the guy wound up being convicted, based on his walking pattern. The
camera's focus ability didn't work well. But the microphone was very
good. From the sound, and the visual of him walking, they managed to
get his walking pattern and use it for identification. Most likely it
has improved since then. The officer said it was about 70-75% accurate
back then.

Casinos in the US have been using face recognition for years to help
them spot grifters and others who come in to steal. Last I heard
anything about it, the FBI, etc. were very interested in the software.

Before the software, the casinos used 3-ring binder with photos,
names, descriptions, etc. in them of the grifters, pickpockets, etc.