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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 May 2015
    Replying to @xavez

    On Google Photos: “…taking a picture at a private party is now Google’s own private CCTV network in action.”—@xavez http://xavierbertels.com/blog/google-photos-google-s-endloesung-for-privacy …

    12:43 AM - 29 May 2015
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    • Pete Brown @ Microsoft Rantgrenade Jake Hamby Doug Belshaw 🇪🇺 ☠️ ✊ Theo Kuechel Soo Hun (Pieces Of) Lisa Laura Kalbag Adb.
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      2. Jake Hamby‏ @jhamby 29 May 2015
        Replying to @aral

        Jake Hamby Retweeted Farhad Manjoo

        .@aral @xavez don't forget #GooglePhotos has NSA-grade facial recognition. 😎https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/604130114100580353 …

        Jake Hamby added,

        Farhad ManjooVerified account @fmanjoo
        Replying to @fmanjoo
        Example. My two kids when they were around the same age. I have a hard time telling them apart. Google doesn't pic.twitter.com/SB9rpAtWn0
        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Jake Hamby‏ @jhamby 29 May 2015
        Replying to @jhamby

        PittPatt: good enough for Google Photos, & good enough for the NSA's facial recognition needs, too! @aral @xavezhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/nsa-collecting-millions-of-faces-from-web-images.html …

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      4. Jake Hamby‏ @jhamby 29 May 2015
        Replying to @jhamby

        .@aral @xavez personally I don't think Google is going to do anything sinister with this power. But I understand why others are skeptical.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Jake Hamby‏ @jhamby 29 May 2015
        Replying to @jhamby

        Now, what if the FBI or other police agency wants to go looking for someone, such as a witness to a crime. Can they ask Google? @aral @xavez

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Jake Hamby‏ @jhamby 29 May 2015
        Replying to @jhamby

        BTW, it's not just Google showing off the power of deep neural net image recognition. Microsoft & Baidu have similar demos too. @aral @xavez

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. (Pieces Of) Lisa‏ @SFSK8rGrrl 29 May 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @xavez That thought alone makes me appreciate my 'dumb' phone! :)

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      1. ▼ futuroerahoy‏ @futuroerahoy 29 May 2015
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        @aral @xavez just believing that the things won't go wrong without accountability is a terrible mistake .

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      1. ▼ futuroerahoy‏ @futuroerahoy 29 May 2015
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        @aral @xavez concentrated power is never a good idea. Just looking at how the financial crises went. To take one example only.

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      2. John Hunt  🇪🇺‏ @johnrh 29 May 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @xavez I think comparing Google to Hitler was a bit much..

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      3. punch T---- ∞ times for respects‏ @1c75a 29 May 2015
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        You're right. This is more #Stasi like. @johnrh @aral @xavez

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