[digiKam-users] either face recognition screen is buggy or I still don't understand it - at least I can say that more convenient bulk change of face tags (no auto refresh / set faces via context menu) is neccessary #V5.9.0 Windows Feb 27 2018

[digikam at 911networks.com]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 12:46:32 -0500
J Albrecht <heviiguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> So said the guy upon taking a break from his task of designing a
> “New and Improved” whale harpoon.
> 
> Gilles, it seems that your technical abilities and enthusiasm for a
> great software product (which I absolutely appreciate!) blind you
> to the perils of Facial Recognition. Surely you’re not okay with
> rampant and pervasive surveillance, are you? Obviously (or so I
> assume), digiKam isn’t being designed for this purpose. However, by
> continuing to develop and advocate Facial Recognition, you are
> contributing to the “normalisation” of something which only a few
> years ago was justifiably considered to be vile and evil.
> 

In that case what about electricity? All the bad thing about
manufacturing of weaponry or all the bad things caused by
computers... Should we stop the generation of electricity?

> 
> > On 2 Feb 2019, at 11:48, Gilles Caulier
> > <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Le sam. 2 févr. 2019 à 15:52, J Albrecht <heviiguy at gmail.com
> > <mailto:heviiguy at gmail.com>> a écrit : Have you no shame?
> > 
> > I cringe every time that I read about Facial Recognition
> > software. You developers are like a bunch of giddy Manhattan
> > Project nerds, gleefully and obliviously participating in the
> > acceleration of our collective doom. You people are contributing
> > to the development of scary, scary stuff. You’re not alone;
> > Consider yourself members of a club which includes Custer Bomb
> > Designers and Genome Modifiers. Like you, they see absolutely
> > nothing wrong with what they’re doing because after all, they’re
> > only building and promoting innocuous technology which will
> > benefit “us”. Yeah, right. Tell that to the Uyghers…   …and to
> > your children.
> > 
> > 
> > You talking to me ???
> > 
> > If yes, thanks for the noise and to help the project in a
> > constructive way... It's always a pleasure to read this kind of
> > words in an open source community.
> > 
> > Gilles Caulier
> > 
> >   
> 

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