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[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 6 points 12 hours ago

On the plus side: he is also invisible to face scanning from security cams and billboards.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 47 points 23 hours ago

I'd imagine anyone who's survived a fire or acid attack is also getting fucked by this

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 189 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Most easily identifiable man in country unable to be identified by AI"

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Given the police are using AI to identify protestors.....this gives me an idea.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

What's your idea? Wearing a mask?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We all need to do special effects make-up, masks and disguising.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The age of the juggalo has begun

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

https://consequence.net/2019/07/juggalo-makeup-facial-recognition/

Note: the article is from 2019. I imagine facial recognition software has gotten better in the last 6 years, but who knows.

[–] jcs@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

GuyFawkes entered the chat

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He should get a mask with a normal face on it.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

And a nice bottle of Chianti!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm imagining him applying pancake makeup before he logs on for a gooning session.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago

2025 has some ridiculous one-liners unmatched by history.

[–] berber@feddit.org 113 points 1 day ago (4 children)

how is this funny? it just shows how stupid these things are.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Sarcasm is a form of comedy

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

I hope this email reaches you.

[–] lemjukes@sopuli.xyz 60 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Revealing something meant to be serious, as also being ridiculous is like one of the main answers to the question of how comedy works...

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

Satire. If you're going to burn, you may as well make jokes about charred flesh

[–] M137@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's funny BECAUSE it shows how stupid they are... this is almost toddler-level comedy basics. It's stupid, disturbing and fucked up, but also funny. Funny doesn't mean it can't be anything else, it's not an exclusive thing. Many things that are bad, wrong, disturbing etc. are also funny.

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right? It's only funny if he voted for the people who put this policy in place.

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right? It's only funny if he voted for the people who put this policy in place.

There wasn’t really a viable alternative. The Conservatives were also intending to put something like this in place.

[–] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Wasn't it the tories who passed this act and then labor who just pushed ahead hard with it when they got voted in?

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're even trying to verify yourself with this bullshit then you're already losing.

[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sometimes you have to in order to do your job. Let's say you are a researcher, and the information you need to access is footage on YouTube which has been age restricted.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Britain has a face check? For what?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

To get your daily internet permit.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The new Online Safety Act over there. They make you scan your face and follow instructions (step forward, turn left, open your mouth, etc.) to access a lot of websites now. It's creepy, and something similar seems to be being pushed in every western country simultaneously now.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago

Just to be clear the law doesn't say you have to scan your face. That's just one option to verify a persons age and websites (and users) are choosing that method. I believe other options are to use a credit card or maybe show some kind of government ID. It's all fucked but the government aren't making people scan their faces, that's just one viable method.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 14 hours ago

They've the same for banks now here. Very creepy.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The stated reason is to protect children from porn and such. The real reason maybe (as it often is whenever they say it is about protecting children) an excuse to extend surveillance as much as possible.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every "for the children!" law is always just about control. If they actually cared about children, these governments would pass laws or take actions that actually help. I imagine asking a kid if they feel their government does things to make them safe, they'd probably go "dafuq?" or "no."

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I am probably on the same side as you are, but I was trying to give TacoButtPlug a somewhat measured answer to a seemingly genuine question. I try to start out appearing as a lukewarm lunatic before cranking the heat up to raving.

[–] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago

Maybe if he wore a mask, it would work?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Get a silicon mask then?

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't he just go and update his ID? As long as Illuminati forehead has an ID that matches that trainwreck of a face it should work.

[–] Tingle@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Uk doesn't have a universal id which is why they are using face recognition for the check.

You can provide a drivers licence but maybe the guy doesnt have one.