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JimP <solo...@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.

Interesting.

In small towns everyone knows you.
This photo ID stuff has parallels to living in a small town.

-- 
Dan Espen