When Your Walk To The Store Feels Like A Sci-Fi Surveillance Scene

[williamson1996]

Facial recognition in public spaces is wild. Feels like we all accidentally signed up to be background actors in a low budget sci-fi movie

 

[sophia_l]

The ethical issue really comes down to proportionality. If the technology prevents serious crimes, some level of monitoring may be justified. But the lack of transparency around data storage and consent is where things become problematic.

 

[nickdev]

Genuine question, does facial recognition actually work accurately in crowded places? Or are there still a lot of false matches happening?

 

[jason51]

Genuine question, does facial recognition actually work accurately in crowded places? Or are there still a lot of false matches happening?

I checked a few studies last week. NIST testing in the US showed accuracy improved massively over the last few years, but bias issues still exist depending on lighting, camera angle, ethnicity datasets etc. A lot of cities slowed deployment because of that.

 

[cmarchan]

people say its for safety but WHO checking the ppl who own the data?? thats scary tbh

 

[dillon.schade]

people say its for safety but WHO checking the ppl who own the data?? thats scary tbh

Yeah I agree with that part. Most people are okay with cameras until they realize the footage can be analyzed forever.

 

[petter]

The broader dilemma is not surveillance itself, but normalization. Once omnipresent biometric indexing becomes culturally mundane, civic anonymity erodes incrementally and almost imperceptibly.

 

[lucasbravo]

honestly i can see both sides here. if it helps catch dangerous people faster, cool. but if random companies and governments keep tracking regular folks 24/7 then nah, that’s a bit too Black Mirror for me lol