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Remember when people said facial recognition would never be used for small stuff?
I was at a concert in Austin about five years ago and a friend argued it would stay in airports and police work. Then my local grocery store quietly put up cameras for a 'loyalty program' that tracks your mood based on your face to show ads. That convinced me. It went from a big scary idea to a normal shopping trip thing real fast. Has anyone else seen these systems pop up in places you didn't expect?
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price.ben25d ago
My phone unlocks with my face, so I guess I already signed up for the weird future.
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joelburns24d ago
Remember when my grocery store's coupon printer started calling me by name? I was just trying to buy paper towels and it said "Hey Joel, looking tired today, here's a deal on coffee!" I jumped a foot in the air. Now I make weird fake smile faces at the dairy case just to throw off the mood tracker. I probably look like a confused lunatic, but at least my face isn't getting me ads for stress pills.
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