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1
I want facial recognition for my apartment door lock, car, buying things. As a single person I fear losing my keys, wallet, cards. With facial recognition, I don't need a passport, or a drivers license.
2
Facial recognition is going to happen, and Facebook is going to have it. People want to be able to spot people in a crowd. This isn't really news. Nuzzle on the other hand... Well that's a bad idea.
3
@1 Really?

When someone robs me, I want it to be something I can quickly and painlessly hand over...

Facial recognition doesn't pass that test, unless if it is the kind fooled by simply taking your picture, in which case that is far too insecure.
4
I like machines being able to recognize us. I can't wait for them to make robotic cats that recognize your face and voice but still don't acknowledge your existence unless they want to be fed or petted. And I read Dick Tracy and therefore am kindly predisposed to smartwatches. Nuzzle is idiotic, fo shuzzle.
5
Can this facial recognition be fooled by a lifesize picture of the face in question? A while back there was talk of "iris recognition software", but it was easily defeated with a photograph. I doubt there's anything in SROTU's house I'd want, but it would be funny if someone was able to walk right into Mark Zuckerberg's living room, for example. Remember also the fingerprint-swipe system that was defeated by cutting of some banker's finger and bringing it with them.
7
The best (and most revealing) part of Slog Polls is the ratio of people who vote to people who comment.
8
No "all of the above" in the poll sucks.
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@7 - Oh god, can you imagine if everyone commented? Isn't it bad enough that those of us who comment do so already?
10
The Nuzzel just sounds terrible.
11
Facial recognition has a high failure rate. Much higher than in the optimum levels you're reporting.

Plus, it's fairly easy to defeat.

So, facial recognition ftw!
12
I'm probably most worried about facial recognition software. There just seems to be so much potential to misuse it or use it for evil. Not liking that at all.

Nuzzle just seems dumb and useless.

If I was 10 years younger, I'd probably be more interested in smart watches. But I've now reached the age where I can't see a wristwatch without reading glasses. I'm no longer interested in anything with a smaller screen than an iPad.
13
I miss 1988. No cellphone, no internet, no computer, no email, no Facebook, no Twitter.
14
Hopefully the facial recognition software will have a built in component that allows it to see a person it definitely recognizes and is pretty sure it's interacted with possibly even 3 or 4 times and maybe even relatively recently, perhaps while drunk or something, but still can't really figure out where it knows them from, and so rather than trying to engage or acknowledge the person, instead maps out a safe diversionary point across the room or alternate route to a destination that allows them to avoid the horrifically terrifying interaction altogether.
15
The major problem I have with wearable computing is that it just creates more devices that need to be charged. I think the smartwatch would be less harmful to society than Google Glass. However, if the smartwatch can't run with the same battery life as a regular digital watch then I'm just not interested. Chances are, it would also need to connect via bluetooth to your phone, which would run down both batteries even faster.
16
Bluetooth low power is very low power indeed..,not much of a drain.
17
Zuckerberg gets my vote because he is a completely evil bastard.

But the breezy, uptempo studio-music soundtrack for the google watch made it a contender.

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