Government-sponsored facial recognition aside, I was gonna celebrate this as a rare event of a government doing something right, but then
The measures don’t apply to researchers or to what machine translation of the rules describes as “algorithm training activities” – suggesting images of citizens’ faces are fair game when used to train AI models.
and I feel like that undermines the entire idea, since you can easily hide behind that excuse and not give a shit. And given previous circumstances, I feel like a lot of companies are gonna get away with it.
They didn't include government surveillance in that. I don't doubt for a second the Chinese government's willingness to regulate hotel door locks and whatnot. Better question is how much resources go into enforcement (zero isn't a terrible bet) and how quickly businesses respond to the new regulations (I honestly don't know China in that respect but I could see an American hotel in the same situation waiting until somebody proverbially twisted their arm on the issue).
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aleats@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 61 pts · 1y
Government-sponsored facial recognition aside, I was gonna celebrate this as a rare event of a government doing something right, but then
and I feel like that undermines the entire idea, since you can easily hide behind that excuse and not give a shit. And given previous circumstances, I feel like a lot of companies are gonna get away with it.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 45 pts · 1y
That's a fantastic move but it also goes under "worst guy you know makes a great point".
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
And that guy is likely lying about it too.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 1y
They didn't include government surveillance in that. I don't doubt for a second the Chinese government's willingness to regulate hotel door locks and whatnot. Better question is how much resources go into enforcement (zero isn't a terrible bet) and how quickly businesses respond to the new regulations (I honestly don't know China in that respect but I could see an American hotel in the same situation waiting until somebody proverbially twisted their arm on the issue).
kameecoding@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 1y
I'm sure that ban doesn't apply to government operated facial recognition cameras though.
Makhno@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I think it'd be naive to assume your own government isn't doing the same thing
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 1y
The thumbnail art is cool af
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Facial recognition is dystopian, sure. But its also a security risk against foreign adversaries. No, sir, it is not `on brand´ for China.
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y