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		choeger 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanni... > Why is Microsoft so eager to also be able to know this? A database of pretty much all Western citizen's faces? That's a massive sales opportunity for all oppressive and wanna-be oppressive governments. Also, ads.

animuchan 4 months ago | [–]

At this point I think it's just called a government, sadly enough.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 4 months ago | | [–]

Combine face recognition on personal photos with age checks which include photos,and you can link stuff directly to Microsoft/Google accounts for ads

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