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[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Funny how many businesses that have to deal with the general public every day are quick to implement technology that they are not worried may alienate the same people that they rely on to make money, as they take their data.

They only 'paused' it when they worried that they may/will be sued.

Facial Recognition experts have been saying for a long time that it is not ready to be used mainstream, Only greed got it pushed out and implemented so quickly. It has made leaps and bounds in advances, but it is still not ready, as has been proven in this instance alone, but thousands of others.