Comments on: Facial Recognition Technology and Privacy http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/facial-recognition-technology-and-privacy/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Canton http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/facial-recognition-technology-and-privacy/#comment-758 David Canton Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:50:52 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/07/facial-recognition-technology-and-privacy/#comment-758 From a privacy perspective this is rather scary. Conventional wisdom is that it is generally acceptable to post group photos, as long as the individuals are not specifically identified. For example, a sports teams might post a group photo, and even perhaps list the players, but would not specifically identify the individuals in the photo. So do we now photoshop a fake nose and glasses on all those pictures?? From a privacy perspective this is rather scary. Conventional wisdom is that it is generally acceptable to post group photos, as long as the individuals are not specifically identified. For example, a sports teams might post a group photo, and even perhaps list the players, but would not specifically identify the individuals in the photo.

So do we now photoshop a fake nose and glasses on all those pictures??

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