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title: "When Selfies Become Surveillance Beacons"
date: 2016-05-07
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:17:33+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/hartzog-selinger-surveillance-faceprint-context-en/"
description: "A person can be identified just as much by their face as by their fingerprints. This is immensely important for the nascent surveillance society."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Buchczik_Schirn_Magazine_04.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# When Selfies Become Surveillance Beacons