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A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating content and growing a following by taking advantage of a fundamental new truth: privacy is now essentially dead in public spaces.

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[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

But when the FBI scans my face I know they have the best intentions /s

But seriously, this could be dangerous for a lot of people. Imagine someone's stalker having a hold on some of this information?

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That's a great concern we should make it so all content is scanned by the government to ensure nobody can do anything bad. Think of the children.

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