facial recognition payments

[Bert Notorius]

fuck
me.

 

[FGB]

I remember reading a little book titled 1984.

It was a fun read back in the day...not so funny anymore.

 

[Liar]

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAxMFgxMDEw/z/L2IAAOSwQTVV-WNy/$_1.JPG

 

[Colonel Hogan]

fuck
me.

You could end up owing more than the legitimate charges just on general principle.

 

[warrior queen]

All these advancements in technology, but still far too many cock-ups in the software for me to trust them yet.

 

[Hypoxia]

All these advancements in technology, but still far too many cock-ups in the software for me to trust them yet.

Assume that all systems WILL be hacked. WCGW? The system recognizes you as an international terrorist on the kill-on-sight list. Oops.

 

[Bray123]

You've heard of vehicle licence recognition? Basically vehicles pass cameras and OCR software interprets the text and recognises the vehicles. Works quite well as far as I know.

But there is no software that visually recognises a vehicle. Even though one Ford Mustang looks much like another Ford Mustang of the same year, they cannot write the software to distinguish a 2014 Mustang from a Kenworth truck. They've been trying for the last 20 years but come nowhere close yet.

So how come people think that there's software to pick out one Chinaman from all of the rest.

 

[Richard_P_Feynman]

fuck
me.

If you think that's scary, check this out.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/13/china-cctv-bbc-reporter/

Owing to technological drivers, the surveillance state might be inevitable for us all.

 

[Richard_P_Feynman]

Assume that all systems WILL be hacked. WCGW? The system recognizes you as an international terrorist on the kill-on-sight list. Oops.

There's no reason in principle why a system like this couldn't be manufactured, and manufactured in quite the near future.

https://www.sciencealert.com/chilli...-disturbing-vision-of-an-ai-controlled-future

 

[Bert Notorius]

you have facebook
to thank
for cataloging
all your
ugly mugs.

 

[stickygirl]

pfft
I can recognise a person by their writing, yes?

 

[Bert Notorius]

Why would Facial Recognition Payment be so scary?

I would welcome any technology that would simplify my life, I'm not the most organized person.
My concern would be that it could eventually be hacked, like in those Mission Impossible movies.

or hacked off.

 

[warrior queen]

This thread actually reminded me of another technology that I find to be potentially scary:

Remember when Michael Hastings died? His Mercedes had that new technology.
And counterterrorism expert Richard Clark claimed that the car accident was consistent with a cyber attack, and that it's rel. easy to hack your way into the control system of a car.

Also: "As of October 2014 the CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks,” WikiLeaks writes. “The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations.”

My almost-37 year old car will continue to be my daily drive for as long as possible. I neither want nor need a computer to control anything. Bonus is because the entire vehicle is so old-school, even a woman (me) can fix pretty much everything that may break down!

 

[Adder4321]

I prefer using cash where ever possible, I don't even like using debit. All of this talk of recognition software reminds me of a test that was done with a self driving car a few years back, where it drove directly into a truck as soon as it left the warehouse. We're a ways of that kind of technology yet.

 

[Hypoxia]

There's no reason in principle why a system like this couldn't be manufactured, and manufactured in quite the near future.

https://www.sciencealert.com/chilli...-disturbing-vision-of-an-ai-controlled-future

Alas, the article includes this statement: "Experts including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have also warned about the rapid development of AI, and its use in weapons." Mr Musk and Prof Hawking may be quite well-informed in their fields -- which don't include AI, computer security, or military systems.

A generation or so ago, people with rather more technical chops (Vernor Vinge, Ray Kurtzweil, Bill Joy, etc) raised concerns about some 'singularity', a point beyond which it's no human future can be seen. Human communications advancing at an exponential rate might turn humanity into a hive-mind; or unfettered AIs could rapidly outpace human intelligence and control and/or devour us; or an indefensible microbe can turn us into "grey goo."

Combine warbots, hackers, and possible singularities, and we see scenarios that make 1984-type gov't control seem like paradise. What happens when your surveillance+control system is hacked, or decides on its own to function as it wishes? Let an AI run a biowarfare lab because less flaky and susceptible than humans -- WCGW?

Complex systems are increasingly entrusted to AIs. As I said, expect EVERY system to be hacked. And fear than ANY AI will run amok. Automatic execution by killer drones may be the least of our worries.

We're only at the dawn of ubiquitous surveillance. There ain't no cave deep enough to escape the watchers.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

lmfao...

 

[WoundedKnee]

i have a
face for
radio

maybe i can
steal some
limbaugh
money

op
dick

 

[jaF0]

And fear than ANY AI will run amok.

'What do you think you're doing Dave?'

 

[WoundedKnee]

Dave's not here man!

 

[Radiohead]

'What do you think you're doing Dave?'

I liked the later ones.