Or something like this:
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In that case I just hope @Otherbrother never becomes a wanted criminal. (Or Vince Vaughn, apparently.)
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But the power balance swings almost entirely one way. Sure, you could use it to maybe identify the guy catcalling you on the street (if you can manage to stop and get a clear picture), but then what? If someoneās actually stalking you IRL such that theyāre showing their face, you likely already know who they are (and this helps very little in getting it to stop). This helps not at all with any sort of anonymous harassment. Meanwhile the power this grants to stalk and harass is enormous.
The options get creepier and creepier!
Letās face it - this is going to be the primary use.
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āWe cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you!ā
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I think it could potentially be a tool for scammers or other unsavory types. Either online or local criminals. I havenāt brainstormed on ways it could be put to use, but i just know thereās a practical angle in there.
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Brrr, fucking awful. Is there an option to nuke this shit from orbit? No? Dang. The future sucks.
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Nope, the primary use will be ālaw enforcementā of the worst type.
Thatās even creepier than stalking.
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It does seem to be inherently set up for unsavory uses.
Theyāve got more industrial-strength versions (i.e. mass photography and identification).
Itās for work so I have no friendsā¦ Wait I donāt have any friends in IRL either. There might be few pics of me online but I canāt find them.
I wonder if Dazzle camo works against facial recognition? Thatād be sort of neat, to the degree that anything as annoying as full-face opaque makeup can be āneatā.
Maybe mix it up a bit by including pigments with substantial differences in reflectivity in the near IR; but not in the visual spectrum, to help increase the delta between what (at least the more poorly filtered) digital cameras see and what the naked eye sees.
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Of course Iām objectifying you, dear; but Iām being efficient and data-driven about it. You should be flattered!
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Just because most movie stars arenāt jerks doesnāt mean that ā¦ uuuhhh ā¦
Iām predicting a surge in sales of āGroucho Glassesā
Take photos of folks arriving at the airport for a trip and then figure out who they are and where they liveā¦
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the app could revolutionise dating: āIf you see someone you like, you can photograph them, find their identity, and then send them a friend request.ā
Stalking is the new dating???
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I assume they will underbid for contracts in order to get access to citizen data.
Think of the savings, taxpayers!!!
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The issue here is that you canāt shame a creep, it cuts disproportionately against the sane.
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Well, in some cases you probably can (Iām thinking of the few videos where someone has tracked down and confronted an online trolley, or papered their neighborhood with photos of a creep and a description of his nature), but I admit this app definitely favors the creeps.
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Eh, like any real name policy, crazies are more than happy to post horrible things from their public social media profiles and under their real names.
The tiny percentage of persons tracked down IRL (ugh) and confronted in person doesnāt offer an alternative to just protecting privacy to begin with.
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