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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/05/2013 7:53 AM
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24803378 Given that the biometric passport readers have been withdrawn from several UK Border points three things come to mind: Will Tesco be able to succeed where the UK Border Agency has not? What will Tesco do with the facial image data and the correlated customer names on credit and debit cards, and does this comprise an invasion of privacy? Will Tesco be running the UK Border, and if so, what next <sigh>? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#1 Re: Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/05/2013 9:08 AM
	For me, this is the same as being forced to watch a 15-30 second video before being allowed to watch the video I really wanted to see. Most times I turn it off and look for antoher source, which is what I'd for petrol if I lived over there. Unfortunately, it will soon be in USA, too.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#2 Re: Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/05/2013 12:14 PM
	Warning, false reading will remove finger..... from validation.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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brich Guru Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: sometimes Wales,UK.. was Libya, now Oman! Posts: 1715 Good Answers: 117	#3 Re: Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/05/2013 11:55 PM
	if we are going to be worried about what Tesco's MIGHT do, then let get back to basics.. No smart phones No credit cards No Wifi No internet No iPad or laptops No smart cards need I go on? All we need is a large mattress and insist we get paid and we pay in cash! opps nearly forgot, no international travel either!! Just like it was after the war!! __________________ The square root of nothing is what you make it!
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9910 Good Answers: 1141	#4 Re: Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/06/2013 12:20 PM
	Wear a Halloween mask and have some fun with it.
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kramarat Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 13529 Good Answers: 468	#5 Re: Tesco Face-Scan Ad Breakthrough 11/07/2013 5:29 PM
	The company says that they aren't gathering images or information; but who says the government doesn't have access to the machines, and is collecting everything? __________________ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin
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