A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
But that really says more about the user then the tech. This issue here isn’t that the tech has too many errors, it’s that stores use it and it alone to ban people despite it having a low but well known error rate.
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I’ve been feeling uneasy about the privacy implications of using Lemmy and similar platforms. The ability for anyone to view your entire posting history feels to me like publicly sharing my browser history. In contrast, most other social media platforms allow you to limit your feed visibility to just friends or followers....
The fediverse won’t succeed at putting up a #Stackoverflow substitute and that’s a problem?
Just an impression: All the pieces seem to be there. But what’s required is a team, with devs, PMs and coordinators, dedicated to making a particular place in the #fediverse .
That’s resources and decently sized financial and organisational demands, especially to get a critical mass of users.
Is the fediverse up to that challenge? If not, is it an issue worth addressing?
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
I mean if you’re trying to learn to be a competent handyman or build a bookcase maybe yeah, but I just need a screwdriver set for like 30 minutes to put something together.
Tbh I’m struggling to imagine what this would look like in something like Lemmy. It seems to be describing an extreme form of setting your account to private, but this only really makes sense in a situation where you have followers who are friends and family. How would I decide who to “approve”?
That sounds like it punishes small instances… a lot. What would starting an instance look like? Do you start with a huge list of servers to inspect and approve?
What's up with all the ads here?
So, uhm, what the hell is going on with all these ad posts I’m seeing in this community?
UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
TIL the US government once banned sliced bread (www.mentalfloss.com)
Found this wondering town (lemmy.world)
I didn’t know my city was cool enough to put signal flyers.
Twitter is officially X.com now (www.theverge.com)
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What are the most private social media platforms?
I’ve been feeling uneasy about the privacy implications of using Lemmy and similar platforms. The ability for anyone to view your entire posting history feels to me like publicly sharing my browser history. In contrast, most other social media platforms allow you to limit your feed visibility to just friends or followers....
praxispost (slrpnk.net)
(image via daily-dragon-drawing on tumblr, specific post here)...
Optimistic/feel good left wing book recommendations
Any recommendations for left wing reads. Preferably something not depressing. Thanks!
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two (www.hindustantimes.com)
Aren't you? (midwest.social)
Does anyone know what the deal was with AO3 not allowing guest comments?
The message said something about spam, did anyone see it?
STOP WRITING C (lemmy.world)
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms (www.theguardian.com)
I saw this ornament at the Henry Ford museum and kept an eye on it until I had got away (startrek.website)
What if it was a trap? Why did someone make an ornament of this psychopath?
say that again
Especially this meme (startrek.website)
The free fediverses should focus on consent (including consent-based federation), privacy, and safety (privacy.thenexus.today)
Dukat is upset they still haven't built a statue of him in the parking lot for pushing a cart into traffic (i.imgur.com)
Honor to Joseph's House