I remember reading an internet joke which was a job placement. It was looking for someone who would be willing to work for 40 hours a week, clean up messy spills and deal with diapers and up to 128 hours of unpaid overtime. Without actually referring to the positions title, \u201cmom\u201d, the list of all the tasks and hours sound pretty incredible to the average person who does not have this list of responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think about this\nas sometimes when I read articles about some of the voice operated\nassistants that are being invited into people\u2019s living-room. Who\nwould have thought even a few years ago that you would ask personal\nquestions of a computer device that you might not say to a coworker\nor to your parents. This information is not only going to a big room\nfull of computers but in many cases they are being stored for later\nanalysis and evaluation by people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only are you sharing your most private thoughts but you are actually helping a nameless faceless corporation get better at understanding speech. Nobody actually thinks that this will be used against us in the future. Despite the lack of enough people to analyze everything I might have to say considering that there are millions of other Americans or billions of other Asians this becomes less of a problem when you start to include computers into the mix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thinking about being spied on at home is not something that usually causes any lost sleep. If you don\u2019t want to be spied on then don\u2019t give your money to a corporation that will be mining through your personal life trying to maximize their profit on their knowledge of you. What usually gets me is how many people are willing to trade their personal details for little or nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just recently a smart phone app Zao will allow you to upload a few photos of your face with various differences (blinking, moving mouth, \u2026) to allow their system to analyze your face so it can then create deep fakes of other video footage. Your face could then replace Leonardo DiCaprio as the star of the Titanic or perhaps you become Tony Stark of Ironman.[1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me what is\nshocking is not just the people giving up their likeness but that the\ncompany could if they wanted create a database of people. The users\nsign up with their telephone number which allows a unique id for\npeople who are already providing their picture. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company whose app created such a stir was forced to issue a statement on pledging changes after critics attacked the app\u2019s privacy policy, which had in it \u201cfree, irrevocable, permanent, transferable, and relicenseable\u201d rights to all user-generated content. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most important\naspect of this situation is the input data for their developers. As\na software developer it is often difficult to get good test data. \nThis particular app had become an overnight success and ended up on\nthe top download spot in the Chinese IOS store despite the with it\ndespite rather draconian permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither the Chinese\ngovernment nor Zao are the only companies or governments that want or\nuse facial recognition. Abuses of facial recognition will inevitably\noccur simply due to the number of closed circuit television cameras\nand the ravenous nature of both private industry and government to\ntrack people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I cannot stop the\neventual tides of survellience but I do have the power to not invite\nthe intruders into my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[1] https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2019\/9\/viral-deepfake-app-zao-facial-recognition-swap<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [2] https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/sep\/02\/chinese-face-swap-app-zao-triggers-privacy-fears-viral<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n zao<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/apps\/news\/149159-what-is-zao-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n morphing examples<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/shortcuts\/2019\/aug\/13\/danger-deepfakes-viral-video-bill-hader-tom-cruise<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I remember reading an internet joke which was a job placement. It was looking for someone who would be willing to work for 40 hours a week, clean up messy spills and deal with diapers and up to 128 hours … Continue reading