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Comment Your face or your cell phone location (Score 1) 29

Facefirst, the U.S. company that “maintains a massive, centrally managed database” of Americans' biometric data, advocates for facial recognition cameras in bathroom stalls, and of course, wants to watch children in classrooms. Their "watchlisting as a service" provides corporate and publicly funded customers with encrypted anonymity, behind which they can pick any target for inclusion on a "privately curated" watchlist for stalking, harassment and career-ending false characterization wherever they go, in real time.

Comment Facefirst Troll Army Unite! (Score 1) 46

Anyone opposed to 24/7/360 surveillance must be a criminal. Therefore, Facefirst, the largest "centrally managed database" of Americans' biometrics, has extended "watchlisting as a service" to those who can afford it. If you want to "enroll" a difficult customer, no problem. They will be universally targeted by anyone with their convenient app, whether by face, wifi beacon, license plate, and more! Literally without legal recourse or oversight! Together, we can privately end due process.

Comment Good for watchlist service providers (Score 2) 14

Facefirst, a company that wanted to implement vaccination status lists over its ubiquitous network of facial recognition reporting, would love to add this data to their "massive centrally managed database" of Americans' biometric data. Perfect for bolstering in their "watchlisting as a service" offering.

Comment Motives as pure as the driven snow (Score 3, Interesting) 116

Walmart has put in place a biometric surveillance network that includes wifi beaconing and facial recognition. While Rite Aid made headlines, Walmart continues to share customers' biometric data with Facefirst, a company that “maintains a massive, centrally managed database” of American shoppers' facial geometry. Customers, without being made aware, are selectively targeted for enrollment in FaceFirst's "privately curated" watchlist, after which they can be stalked with "aggressive customer service" across thousands of locations, and targeted for defamation everywhere they go, including their employers.

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