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Ms. Gadget

Peekaboo, I see you - the age of facial recognition

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Megan Ellis is a New Media student and young journalist at Rhodes University.
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on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 in Digital Blogs

Anyone who has watched crime series will know that facial recognition is used my law enforcement, but the technology is quickly making its way into our own lives. 

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The online drug trade

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a Bright Eyes groupie with incurable addictions to Lost, Bukowski, coffee and co
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on Sunday, 13 May 2012 in Digital Blogs
A screenshot of the underground site Silk Road

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