When I first saw the 2010 TED talk where Blaise Agüera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps, I was quite amazed to see the level of detail of the (visual) information that became so easily within reach. But a question that popped into my head back than, just came back to my mind when I used today Google's similar feature:
In these differentiate-or-die times, when so many people try to surface their uniqueness, is our face still the attribute closest to a unique identifier?
Take the next screenshot for example:
![Google Maps Screenshot](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fesh3NAdaUTyQ9TuBg1UHWfJn70jhUW3GQwr2TnU6O33mboRrGTAm5InI7x_J2uwNcoc07ZQ_ViU1-Gy36UfZ4Rq_KIhoOgCfcxCvEkJ90A96EQwUQhzURo4Fkz6RHsC4t1o4A/s400/gMaps.png)
What happens when a visible tattoo might identify a person easier than her face?
1 comments:
Privacy is important, that's why i don't think they'll go so far with live street images.
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