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Google will make you wave at your computer to check you are real (www.the-independent.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The videos are not associated with a particular user and are deleted after they are verified.

Bull. Shit.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    I'm willing to believe they toss out the video - after they process it and extract all the positioning and timing information. Toss the bulky vid and keep the metadata.

    In fact - similar to how a police officer might erase a recording so the most reliable testimony is their thoughts‡ - once the original video is lost, the metadata becomes the only source of truth.

    ‡(At ~40 minute mark, the officer describes how he transcribes then erases tape recordings)

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