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Kashmir Hill warns facial recognition means the end of privacy

Original: The End of # Privacy Is Here (with # KashmirHill ) # Facialrecognition is everywhere now. It’s in # surveillance # camer

Journalist Kashmir Hill is drawing attention to how facial recognition technology has spread into everyday surveillance, from security cameras to smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Ban devices. Her argument, framed as 'the end of privacy', notes that viral accounts already use such glasses to identify strangers in public, prompting debate over how little anonymity remains.

Why now: Concerns are growing as facial recognition moves from fixed cameras into wearable consumer devices, making public anonymity effectively impossible.

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• The End of # Privacy Is Here (with # KashmirHill ) # Facialrecognition is everywhere now. It’s in # surveillance # cameras ; it’s soon going to be in Meta’s # RayBan # pervertglasses , and some students already did that. You now have massively viral accounts that take clips of… · PrivacyDigest@mas.to · 6

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