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Do you really own your own face?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is a special rebroadcast of To the Point from Public Radio

International. The day you look at the issues Americans care about most. The features that make up your face are unique to you, just like

fingerprints. Think of them as your face print. Facial recognition technology reads photos or

videos to identify you by name or location or 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.

Software companies have made the technology a fact of life, but there's no consensus on

how to protect your privacy.

Today's talking point won wealthy farmers crusade to grow crops of the future.

First, here's the news.

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International Program Fund. I'm Barbara Bogavin for Warren Olney and 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 software companies. We'll hear about the risks as well as the benefits. And today's talking point, global hunger is a problem that no one philanthropist or charity can solve, but Howard G. Buffett is trying. Warren will talk with him about drought-resistant crops and experimenting

with the future of agriculture. First, this news update, Chipotle has announced it will hire

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