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Minority Report - Personal Advertising VBR

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2018–2022, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Cited as the sci-fi precedent whenever HN discusses facial recognition and personalized ads in public spaces.

A clip from the movie Minority Report showing personalized advertising that recognizes a person as they walk through a mall.

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@kortex Sep 2020 Cites it
on HN thread Portland adopts landmark facial recognition ordinances
It doesn't call out advertisers directly but it does call out the Minority Report style ad serving. IANAL but sec. A: defines FRT as "comparing the facial features of a probe image with the features of images contained in an image repository (one-to-many search)." "Private Entity shall not use Face Recognition Technologies in Places of Public Accommodation" "John Anderton, you could use a Guinness right now!" style targeted advertising requires matching features of the face (eyes) to a repository to get the name. [this video]

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