Just in case you thought there were any vestiges of privacy left…
Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/cloud-powered-facial-recognition-is-terrifying/245867/
Couple this with the police state tactics our government is already engaged in, I already have strong doubt that even if the Wall Street protesters start to develop a strong following that there will be any change. I recently read an article that essentially said that anyone who was involved in these (and other similar) protests are basically consigning themselves to a lifetime of unemployment since they are all likely to get criminal records for their efforts (thus making them unemployable) and even if they manage to avoid that fate, their pictures are everywhere and it is highly unlikely that any well established mainstream company would risk hiring them. Particularly for people like me, simply showing up as a bystander is conceivably enough to get me fired (a state dept. employee was recently fired with the stated reason being he was guilty of revealing classified information since he had a link (just a link) to a Wiki leaks page) so even if I was otherwise inclined to show support (I think they are barking at the moon and trying to staunch the tide) that fear might persuade me to stay home.
Welcome to our Brave New World!
