PC Magazine - USA (2020-02)

Facing Our

Fears

YOUR COMMENTS

READER INPUT

I oppose all biometrics of all kinds, as it negates

our right to exemption from unreasonable

searches, fails to provide due process, and is an

unwarranted privacy invasion. At the corporate

level, the corporations trade, share, sell, and give

away our data as part of their approved business

plan, in secret and leaving us no control over it.

Meanwhile, police, corporations, and governments

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doesn’t require anything in writing, has no

language barrier, has no need for interpretation by

agents, doesn’t require touching the person, and

can be done secretly on masses of people. And of

course, that’s why it will be done.

It’s nice that current systems do not forward face

ID data to the government and corporations yet,

but that can be easily changed with new policies or

laws. Poof! And, recall the Patriot Act still gets

renewed with an almost 100 percent yes vote every

year. Congress is not your friend when it comes to

privacy or personal data.

—Guest

Nope. Stopped using face recognition on my

Surface when it recognized my pants.

—pjcamp

Oh boy—paranoia on steroids. The bar moves;

deal with it.

—DB

Security expert Max
Eddy asserted that
“Facial Recognition Is
Tech’s Biggest
Mistake.” Our readers
are all over the map
on this one.