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George Orwell's 'Facial Recognition'

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The “Facial Recognition”, article on who’s watching you in public is compared to the book 1984 by George Orwell; by its use of notification to the citizens of personalized identification without consent. For example, within this book all citizens are watched through the telescreens on critique facial expressions, suspicious body language, and use of self documentation. I am strictly against these practices that 's used in this country although, it is bringing more store sales it still should not betray privacy of a customer. A customer is always bound to change their mind on certain perceptions in what they purchase in a store.With this use of betrayal of privacy within a store I believe that in today’s society they will progress even larger.

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