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    Facial Recognition and Loss of Anonymity

    The features that make up your face are unique to you, just like your fingerprints. Think of it as your "faceprint." Facial recognition technology reads photos or videos to identify you — by name, location and any other personal information that turns up in a database.

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    By Warren Olney • Sep 2, 2015 • 33m Listen

    The features that make up your face are unique to you, just like your fingerprints. Think of it as your "faceprint." Facial recognition technology reads photos or videos to identify you — by name, location and any other personal information that turns up in a database. That has real value for a range of commercial uses — not to mention law enforcement. But the lack of ground rules is raising concerns about privacy and the right to control your personal data. On this special rebroadcast of To the Point, we look at facial recognition and the loss of privacy.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Natasha Singer

      New York Times

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      Alvaro Bedoya

      Georgetown Law School

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      Carl Szabo

      NetChoice

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Do You Really Own Your Own Face?
    1. 1:32More Low-Wage Jobs: Chipotle Hires 4000 in One Day
    2. 8:23Facial Recognition and Loss of AnonymityYou’re reading this
    3. 42:01One Wealthy Farmer's Crusade to Solve Global Hunger
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