To opt out, just don't have a face
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To opt out, just don't have a face
*Of course* this is in the UK.
Could the english have a cultural control kink? They began the panopticon cctv crap looong before anyone else, doubling down without a blink ever since.
might be that monarchy 'god save our hereditary ruler' stuff is behind their ingrained submissiveness to authority, idk? Kinda rubbed off on a lot of their lost colonies too, I mean look at the US these days, just squawking, all while knuckling under while the noose of fascism tightens
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@pluralistic
Those of us who don't wish to be facial recognized should just wear Groucho Marx glasses at all times.@Guillotine_Jones @pluralistic If those are Reflecticles, that would work. If only you could get Google or Meta glasses with Reflecticle frames instead of Raybans.
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic But also... masks are illegal now.
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic Also authorities
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RE: https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/116460990610847514
Apparently serendipity is working in my favor. I have some ideas about foiling the Panopticon.
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic how is masking for this very reason accepted there? Been a few years since I was in the UK
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic So if there's no other way to get to the other side of the street and I literally work at the end of the block, do I tell my boss I won't be in today because the only way I can opt out is to not go to work?
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic Why is everyone acting like this is a new thing?? Been going on for like 20+yrs now, at least here in the US. This is a result of what started in the name of "protection" not the beginning.
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@pluralistic begging USians in the comments to TRY imagining that other countries exist, and see what happens
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@pluralistic “OK, who’s that wiseass taking photos of us…” - looks at facial recognition results - “oh shit”.
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@pluralistic Time to invest in a range of good quality prosthetic facial features...
@eLearningTechie @pluralistic
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@pluralistic "There is no legal requirement for you to pass through the LFR system."
Oh great, thanks. I'll just... stay home then?@quirax are you allowed to cover your face? Idk if that's legal in GB
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How long before they ditch the signs and start using cameras that look just like all the other cameras which are everywhere? Six months? Ten years?
@kbal @pluralistic They've probably been doing this for a few years now, and this is just a "Hi, how are you?"
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@pluralistic Got a bucket of salt water handy?
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@pluralistic I wonder what they’d think if some regular dude rolled up in his van doing this on his own rig.
@manchicken what makes you think this is an actual police van and not just one painted as such?
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To opt out, just don't have a face
@pluralistic By the time one is able to read what the sign says on the van, it's kinda too late to "opt out"...
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@manchicken what makes you think this is an actual police van and not just one painted as such?
@dacmot @pluralistic I have no good reason to believe such a thing, nor do any passers-by. This is one of the problems with surveillance.
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@pluralistic Well, there was PC Lesley May in RIVERS OF LONDON... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_London_(novel)
