This is half a decade old news, but I only found this out myself after it accidentally came up in conversation at the DMV. The worker would not have informed me if it hadn’t come into conversation. Every DMV photo in the United States is being used for AI facial recognition, and nobody has talked about it for years. This is especially concerning given that citizens are recently being required to update their ID to a “Real ID,” which means more people than ever before are giving away the rights to their own face.
The biggest problem with privacy issues is that people talk about it for a while, but more often than not nothing ever happens to fix the problem, it simply gets forgotten. For example, in the next few years Copilot will simply become a part of people’s lives, and people will slowly stop talking about the privacy implications. What can we even do to fight the privacy practices of giants?
Or you’re willing to immolate a billionaire or a politician, as long as it’s a sincerely held religious belief.
How about a guillotine? Those don’t seem to require a religious belief, only a modicum of trust in the well-studied force of gravity.
You’re going to set them on fire?
Abso-fucking-lutely.
Ok well I wouldn’t really recommend saying as much on the internet…
Good point, let me fix that.
Nailed it.