Subj : *Never Turn Your Back on Big Tech! Facial Recognition... for your
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Sep 28 2021 08:16 pm

Hello Jay!

JH> So the science is sounds it seems.  The "smart toilet" you
JH> originally posted about seems to be moving that technology
JH> indoors to our very own porcelain thrones.

Unless developers install those things as "standard" toilets, I
don't see them widely accepted.  They will need some kind of
internet connectivity.. and with the (hopefully) growing
concern about privacy and blanket statements like this:

" The smart toilet automatically sends data extracted from any
sample to a secure, cloud-based system for safekeeping. "

 ..I don't see people trusting one manufacturer's claim to
what is "secure".

Apparently it was initially designed to *just* use fingerprint
technology on the flusher:

" One of the most important aspects of the smart toilet may
well be one of the most surprising - and perhaps unnerving: It
has a built-in identification system. "The whole point is to
provide precise, individualized health feedback, so we needed
to make sure the toilet could discern between users," Gambhir
said. "To do so, we made a flush lever that reads
fingerprints."

" The team realized, however, that fingerprints aren't quite
foolproof. What if one person uses the toilet, but someone else
flushes it? Or what if the toilet is of the auto-flush variety?

" They added a small scanner that images a rather camera-shy
part of the body. You might call it the polar opposite of
facial recognition. In other words, to fully reap the benefits
of the smart toilet, users must make their peace with a camera
that scans their anus."

Anyway.. the thing is so complex, something is bound to go
wrong with it. I don't see people rushing to fix a broken
camera that is built-in in the toilet.
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