Reply to post: Umm - yet another poorly thought out idea

Junior minister says gov.UK considering facial recognition to verify age of p0rn-watchers

Dwarf

Umm - yet another poorly thought out idea

Wasn't there previous work on facial recognition that couldn't tell the difference between monkeys and people, so how accurate will this be ?

What stops someone holding up a picture in front of the camera - that always works

What about people who do not have webcams ?

What about those who consume the content with the lights off ?

Will there be a requirement to keep the video feed active whilst, er. consuming the services

As video processing takes time, will there be a need to upload the pictures - can't see an issue with a big mugshot database, it could be called the book of faces ...

Strikes me that someone may be going off half-cocked on their ideas again ..

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon