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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is worried about the privacy implications of a new facial recognition app.
In a letter on Wednesday, Franken expressed "deep concern" about NameTag, a facial recognition app for Google Glass devices that have been "jailbroken" to circumvent Google's ban on facial recognition tools.
Franken, chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy, asked NameTag to delay its launch until there are best practices for facial recognition technology, such as those that will come out of a Commerce Department initiative beginning this week.
“According to promotional materials, NameTag lets strangers get a broad range of personal information — including a person’s name, photos, and dating website profiles — simply by looking at that person’s face with the Glass camera," Franken said in his letter.
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I have always had trouble taking Al Franken seriously since I watched him when he was a comic on Saturday Night Live. He is always in there on the Privacy and Technology issues though.
This is the kind of technology like in the terminator eye - totally awesome.
In a letter on Wednesday, Franken expressed "deep concern" about NameTag, a facial recognition app for Google Glass devices that have been "jailbroken" to circumvent Google's ban on facial recognition tools.
Franken, chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy, asked NameTag to delay its launch until there are best practices for facial recognition technology, such as those that will come out of a Commerce Department initiative beginning this week.
“According to promotional materials, NameTag lets strangers get a broad range of personal information — including a person’s name, photos, and dating website profiles — simply by looking at that person’s face with the Glass camera," Franken said in his letter.
Sen. Franken has ‘deep concern’ about Google Glass app NameTag
Al Franken is worried about the privacy implications of a new facial recognition app.
thehill.com
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I have always had trouble taking Al Franken seriously since I watched him when he was a comic on Saturday Night Live. He is always in there on the Privacy and Technology issues though.
This is the kind of technology like in the terminator eye - totally awesome.
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