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towe12301923··on Israel rolls out laser defense system
> "If we can intercept a missile or rocket with an electrical pulse that costs a few dollars, we will essentially neutralize the ring of fire that Iran has set up ... This new generation of air defence can also serve our friends in the region, who are also exposed to grave threats from Iran and its proxies.

This is admirable. Instead of playing the typical offense-first arms race, they are in a defense-first technology race. Its non-violent and the technology and skills will benefit the entire country. I hope they eventually win the war just by building a far better country that people want to immigrate into instead of attack.

towe12301923··on Clearview AI challenges B.C. privacy watchdog order
> The commissioners found Clearview scraped images of faces and associated data from publicly accessible online sources (including social media) and stored it in its database.

> What the commissioners recommended was that Clearview:

> • cease offering facial recognition services to Canadian clients;

> • cease collecting, using and disclosing images and biometric facial arrays collected from individuals in Canada, and;

> • delete images and biometric facial arrays collected from individuals in Canada.

> The company said those recommendations were impossible to execute.

Clearview claims that they have stopped selling to Canadian clients but they don't know where the people in the images are from. Probably true if they're just scraping images, but their argument seems to be "innocence by ignorance".

We don't usually allow that sort of argument in other areas. Stores cannot sell cigarettes/alcohol to minors and banks cant unknowingly launder money, and it is on them to make sure they collect enough data to comply with those laws. It may be hard or even impossible for Clearview to operate while following the law.. but maybe that just means they shouldn't.