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The rise of [[facial recognition]] technology has made it increasingly easy to determine people's identity, in real time, as a first step to looking up information about them from a [[database]]. This technology is easily thwarted by hiding one's face with a mask. | The rise of [[facial recognition]] technology has made it increasingly easy to determine people's identity, in real time, as a first step to looking up information about them from a [[database]]. This technology is easily thwarted by hiding one's face with a mask. | ||
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Anonymity is the state of being (literally) with no name, i.e. of unknown identity.
Facial recognition
The rise of facial recognition technology has made it increasingly easy to determine people's identity, in real time, as a first step to looking up information about them from a database. This technology is easily thwarted by hiding one's face with a mask.
Internet anonymity
- Full article: Internet anonymity
- Full article: Internet anonymity
Internet anonymity is increasingly difficult as universal surveillance technology progresses. While the details of the surveillance itself are kept secret, users are encouraged to sign in and internet traffic is monitored and logged. The phrase "going dark" is used in the context of internet anonymity. It is applied to people (typically those labelled as suspected "terrorists") to preserve anonymity online whether by avoiding use of identifiable access to the internet or by avoiding it altogether.
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