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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)59. I tend to think the issue here is not about my naivety at all.
The location of your phone is known whether it's in your pocket of the pocket of your friend who has borrowed it and is 500 miles away.
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you'd think it would be overkill, but how would we know? how do we know the real purpose
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#13
Anyone who wanted to do that could probably set up the same things without bothering with
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Mar 2015
#14
or maybe the point is to let people know that their images and phone numbers are available
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#22
they're collecting 3 types of information; cell phone numbers, video, and facial recognition scans.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#52
if they send you an email, they're collecting information. and in this case, the information
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#64
i said, they're collecting multiple kinds of information. i didn't say the cameras were collecting
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#74
Well, if that's indeed what it's doing, that's an obscenely wasteful use of computing resources. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Mar 2015
#12
I don't see anything to indicate that they call you specifically because they recognize your face.
cbayer
Mar 2015
#51
no, they call you because they vacuum up your cell phone number at that location, which they can
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#55
and is it correlated with video of you, facial recognition software, and multiple hotspots that
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#63
weve is owned by the three biggest mobile companies in the uk, so i imagine they have a wide
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#44
sorry you feel that way. i have a different opinion about the meaning of the billboard.
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#75
no one has to answer, least of all you. some posters were as put off by the technology as i was,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#79
At the bottom of the billboard is a livefeed panel displaying images of the onlookers,
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#19
because in order for the public to care about women being battered, we need to collect
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#20
That is extremely cool, and thought-provoking! I don't like the last part though, if
petronius
Mar 2015
#3
Do you have any evidence to back up your claims that this information is being harvested?
eggplant
Mar 2015
#69
so with no budget, they came up with this expensive thing? i wonder who's paying?
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#38
the billboards also display a video feed of passers by and text those who stop to look at the
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#37
It would be even better if they made it so each person made her "heal" as they
Jamastiene
Mar 2015
#54