I am not into the numbers but I can imagine that the private sector is even a bigger market than the public sector.
The question is whether the private sector will have higher hurdles to actually be allowed to install the systems. How will the Faceter database be created? Does every face have to be entered once in advance?
I do not see any obstacles to use Faceter wherever there are already CCTV cameras today.
Each person who appears in the lens is automatically added to the database, a record will be added along with the time of appearance of that person.
You do not have to manually add people to the database.
You can manually enter additional information about the person but you do not have to add the person manually.
From the first appearance, a face icon will be created and all subsequent appearances will be stored.
Choosing a person after the image of the face will be saved all the frames in which he appears.
The face will be recognized by the system and put into a database. That means the system does not know the name of that person or anything else except for the exact face. And then if that person appears elsewhere it would be possible to say that that person has been at another location at a particular time?
If the cameras are connected to a common database, then yes.
For example, restaurants, gas stations, stores, banks. If the customer enters one in any other premises of the company, the service staff will know about all other appearances of this person.
It sounds crazy but if that is the case well they can have a perfect profile of your movements and what not.
Nowadays everyone who has a smartphone is tracked and companies have access to this information so nothing extraordinary.
It can make life easier for us in the future
Imagine that Faceter Cams are mounted on buses, subway, trains at each entrance. The system recognizes the person entering and collects the appropriate amount of money from the account for journey.
Of course, you would have to register once and provide your account number or pay a sum to the account from which you will be charged, but for people traveling every day it would be a great convenience.
I omit the aspect of security, because it is known that everyone would feel safer knowing that the system keeps tracking or suspicious people, terrorists.
There are millions of use cases where the technology could make life better, but it could also be used against us in our everyday lives. Privacy is valuable, and you'll notice that once you lost it.
The same thing they said about CCTV cameras years ago, people are afraid of the unknown and that's all.
The progress is inevitable.
Of course they are afraid of the unknown, who isn't? But I can imagine they will very soon be afraid of all the known if technology like this comes to fruition
You have your opinion and ok.
In my opinion, next generations of people approach technology innovations differently.
The generation of my parents can not believe that it sends crypto "money" and I buy some tokens by internet connection. They are afraid that the money will disappear, they will never come back, etc.
There are advocates of new technologies and those who do not believe, are afraid or do not want to use.
It seems to me that most people will get used to Faceter like the internet, smart phones, drones, self driving cars - all new technology.
I am not sure how old you are, but if you are 30+, may I ask you if you have ever been drunken as fuck and puked in a public location when you were 16? Did someone take a picture of it? No, probably nobody did and do you know why? Because hardly anyone had a mobile phone with a camera. Do you think it would have been better if there were pictures about it? Do you know that the NSA can watch you while you are having sex in case you have a TV or mobile phone at your bed? I am not saying this technology is bad per se, but it gives a minority of people which are behind the cameras a lot of potential to abuse information.
You are into digital currencies. Let me ask you why? Is it because you think it is time for more privacy so that your banker can't see anymore what you spend your money on? Good point, I dislike the fact that my banker knows everything. There are many points that speak against total surveillance, but that doesn't mean we don't need it.
Yes, I'm from the 80's and I'm 30+.
I do not drink alcohol at all now, I tried it in my youth, but I probably never got drunk as you write. However, it is like you say that no one had telephones with cameras and even if I got drunk no one would record it.
But I still think that I prefer to have a camera on the phone and know that someone can take a picture, than that there were no cameras on the phones.
I supports the technological progress and it is my passion.
As for banks, I still have a bank account and I use cards. I pay bills via the internet from a bank account, etc. I treat crypto as the future, that will take place in the world order known to us.
Of course, I would prefer that no one knows what I spend and how much, but I know so far, that for the convenience of paying via an online bank I have to deprive myself of privacy in these matters.
I have crypto currency as a capital investment. In my country, you can not pay for services or goods with crypto - with few exceptions.
If I were 16 years old, then I would probably write that I want privacy, that no one should record me when I'm on the street, etc.
It seems to me that, when I am older is the more I value the protection of my family, my health, and my property.
I am not doing anything illegal to be afraid of the camera on the street or in the store. For this feeling of security for my children coming back from school is very important for me.
Of course I understand your opinion and I respect it, but you will not convince me that video surveillance is something that I should fear, that someone will use it against me.