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This is half a decade old news, but I only found this out myself after it accidentally came up in conversation at the DMV. The worker would not have informed me if it hadn't come into conversation. Every DMV photo in the United States is being used for AI facial recognition, and nobody has talked about it for years. This is especially concerning given that citizens are recently being required to update their ID to a "Real ID," which means more people than ever before are giving away the rights to their own face.

The biggest problem with privacy issues is that people talk about it for a while, but more often than not nothing ever happens to fix the problem, it simply gets forgotten. For example, in the next few years Copilot will simply become a part of people's lives, and people will slowly stop talking about the privacy implications. What can we even do to fight the privacy practices of giants?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I kind of mentally prepared for it when I got my ID. Not only that but they also fingerprint your right thumb.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just renewed my ID on Friday and I went for the Real ID. No fingerprinting. So it must differ by state.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Interesting. I'm in California

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jokes on them, they made me take off my glasses that hide aspects of my wonky face but I wear glasses 100% of the time out in the world. You'll never catch me, copper!

(I know. I just like to think it can't figure out crooked nose vs glasses. )

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Paint your face in weird shapes and colors and tell them its a tattoo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Perhaps henna

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Qr code to rickroll tattoo

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

nobody has talked about it for years

March 2024: https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/police-use-colorado-dmv-facial-recognition-program/73-0c2d862c-a33c-4598-bc0a-e0d1a8ee287f

There are rumblings here in CO about curtailing law enforcement's use of this database. I personally would like to have subpoena protection of the database, so at least it has to go before a judge before the cops just rifle through everyone's pictures.

This is especially concerning given that citizens are recently being required to update their ID to a “Real ID,” which means more people than ever before are giving away the rights to their own face.

lol, no. Real ID is just a set of requirements the federal govt. has implemented to make sure state IDs are held to the same standard as passports re: data integrity and information presented. That's all. Not mark of the beast, not something nefarious to track you more than your old state-issued DL did in the past. As far as "recently"? Nope, states have had 20 years.