I used to use this on my old phone to unlock it, but depending on how long since shaving or if I wore different glasses it was unreliable so I gave up. Sitting on the loo just know (somewhere where I do my best thinking) I wondered, what's to stop you unlocking someone's phone with a printed photo? I'm sure the people that designed the system have thought of that but is anyone using the technology on here able to test it out?
I understand that Tescos are now running facial recognition cameras at the checkouts of some of their bigger stores. They're supposed to identify your gender and your approximate age so that you can be 'targeted' with video adverts while you queue. Intrusive bastads.
If you use a "loyalty card" or a Tesco credit card then they probably know more about you than you do. The predictive modeling around retail spending, based on the data we readily supply for a few vouchers, is spookily accurate.
A lot of supermarket stores are now using these in shopping isles so that the hanging adverts change depending on what they see as "your profile". have been for years. I worked for Toshiba 6 years ago who sold these to the likes of morrisons.
Anyone else find all this quite depressing, rather than anything else? All for the pursuit of profit.
Yes and no. If advertising subsidises my purchases or enables free services (like this www site) then I can put up with it. Althopugh some sites take it too far and I end up stopping using them. It's a fine balance. Profit is what gives people jobs and income as long as it;s not at the expense of others, it shouldn't be a dirty word.
It’s much like in minority report really. We’re pretty much at that point already but before long we’ll be directly targeted by name wherever we go.
Didn't seem right when I typed it but I had a long look - yep thats definitely how you spell "isles" and moved on.....I expect I looked to the Skye as I Mulled it over...
