IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology

I understand why they're doing this and I think it's a good idea, but I'm annoyed that it has to be done.

I doubt that this will catch on with any other companies that use facial recognition, and to be honest the technology is too simple to possibly regulate, but at the moment I think I'd prefer a world without facial recognition to a world with it. I just wish that we could fully explore the uses of cool technology without having to worry about its misuse.