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October 11, 2017 05:44 am GMT
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Most Australians don't care about being on a mass facial recognition database
Last week, the Australian government unveiled its plan for driver's license photos to be included on a national facial recognition database.
While there's concern from experts about the erosion of people's privacy and civil liberties, polling by research company Roy Morgan shows that most Australians don't seem to care.
Only 32.5 percent of the 1,486 people surveyed via text message were concerned about mass facial recognition technology, leaving a majority (67.5 percent) unperturbed by the measure.
For Tim Singleton Norton, chair of Digital Rights Watch, these results don't come as a surprise. Read more...
More about Tech, Australia, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Facial RecognitionOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/B6DTAs5mlFA/
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