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My face gets scanned by city run cameras everytime i go to the super market, and then the supermarket scans my face as well, not to mention smart passports with face scanning or whatever were introduced pre 2010. It's too late
This is a sunk cost fallacy, it’s not too late
I mean...they already have thousands of images and video on us. Not saying we should give it to them willingly but yeah we have already been cooked. If they wanted to generate a video of you doing illegal things they could and youd be jailed in an instant.
Thats why on the surface its good to pretend to support the maga regime so youre not on their radar. Then dismantle it from underneath. Thats how I look at it.
Then every separate service you give your face to is a separate service your city or national government can easily link to your physical movement, and that your supermarket (and anyone who buys data from the supermarket) can link to your purchases? Your situation seems like a great example of why not to give your face out even more places...?
Does that make the other face scanning more acceptable somehow?
Plus, you can at least wear any kind of face and/or head covering in those situations.
You’re helping the city cameras recognise your face by providing regular close-ups of how you look each day via your phone