Facial Recognition????

[JennyIrish]

Can any tecchies here tell me how concerned should we be about facial Recognition??

Think most of us have seen on twitter about the U. K. Lady who was detained in L. A. Her face isn't on her profiles but some sites require certain things to verify your identity before you can create a profile.

This morning in Boots purchasing some of my, ahem "trading expenses" I was suddenly very away of my face being recorded on the self service screen.

We are all being tracked by our phones, there's GPS in our cars, we are being recorded in every premises we enter. This never would have bothered me before because I'd think "why would anyone be interested in me" but this has got me thinking, how easy could it be to build a profile on anyone, track their routines, their spending habits etc etc.

Could our future grandchildren/great grandchildren have access to this information?

Is anything private anymore?

Someone who works for Google once told me that it's true that Google knows everything about you and that phones are "listening for frequently used words for the purpose of advertising"

I'm really not as tech savvy as I should be, but thinking about it all makes me want to move to a remote mountain in Donegal and go off grid!!!!