Sindarina, Edge Case Detective on Nostr: "Canada’s privacy commissioner has begun a probe into billboards that use facial ...

"Canada’s privacy commissioner has begun a probe into billboards that use facial detection technology for targeted advertising.

The billboards, located near Toronto’s Union Station, reportedly analyze only the age and gender of passerbys, according to their owner, Cineplex Digital Media (CDM). They’re part of a growing wave of technology that uses cameras, large databases and in some cases artificial intelligence to survey people in public."

Urgh, fuck this surveillance bullshit 🚮

https://therecord.media/canada-privacy-regulator-to-probe-face-scanning-billboards

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