From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Do you really own your own face?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The features

that make up your face are unique to you, just like your fingerprints. Think of it as your

face print. Face recognition technology reads photos or videos to identify you by name, location,

and any other personal information that turns up in a database. That has real value for a range of

commercial uses, not to mention law enforcement, but public anonymity may become a thing of the past.

Facebook and other tech companies have made the technology a fact of life, but there's no

consensus on how to protect your privacy. Today's talking point, the Confederate flag

has come down in South Carolina.

Where else will it fall?

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Program Fund. Hello again, Wormin-alney, back with To the Point. Privacy advocates are warning about the

loss of public anonymity from face recognition technology that's ubiquitous thanks to

Facebook and other companies. We'll head about the risks as well as the benefits. Today's

talking point, the Confederate flag no longer flies over South Carolina's capital grounds. Will there

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