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McDonald's is moving to use facial scans to clock in/out. It has yet to be implemented however we are being told to sign a form permitting the franchise to hold onto biometric face data until a reasonable time has passed when you are no longer with "Franchise company name". They don't define what a reasonable amout of time is, they are making people sign when they come to pick up thier paychecks with very little detail as the management have little detail. We already use fingerprint biometrics to clock in and out there, to me doesnt seem to be a need to move to facial. Unfortunately the franchise I am accosiated with does not take digital security very seriously and if they are the ones responsible for holding that data it makes it difficult to feel comfortable with them having that data, in addition to my belief that that data will be far more important in the future, more than just unlokcing your phone, possibly vehicles and homes in the future if not more. I am also concerned about the law enforcment aspect of this as well, cops potentially being able to get my facial biometrics from a current or former employer to use in conjection with facial cameras that are slowly proliferating. I personally do not feel comfortable giving McDonald's or it's Franchisee's the same data that I would Apple, or Google or whatever device maker who I belive has more incentive to keep that data safe and maybe more aware of ways that it could be compromised.
 
Currently this is taking place in California, I would like to know is this a more common practice than  I am aware of and should I just "get over it" as it were. If it is not commonplace then I think it may make an interesting WAN show topic, and possibly hear a more nuanced take on this. Attached is a screen grab of an Email at the top will mention the new time clock change from a technology partner of McDonald's they send to IT staff of differing levels to show some evidence of this coming. I did not see any topics about it in a search I apologize if it was covered and I missed it.
 
Edit: added the collection agreement signoff blocked company name
 

Whatever keeps the LTT train going. Good call. Hell i spend 15$ a month on Eve and 10$ a month as a contributor. What is 3 bucks more? 1 less trip to Mcdonalds? I am ok with this. (Plus i'm kinda fat)

First I wanted say that I have no problems with you guys enabling people to pay for early access to your videos. But as of now I see no reason to use vessel over YouTube. It looks to me like the "hd" videos on vessel are in 720p, that's a massive downgrade from the 4k and 1080p60 videos we have been getting on YouTube for awhile now. The interface of vessel could also use a lot of work, finding videos that I want to watch is much harder than on YouTube despite the fact that YouTube's interface isn't that good either. So I will not be using vessel over YouTube despite the free year and early access to videos until 4k is supported.

I agree with the too much professionalism comment as well as the appreciation of the stupid humor and puns

I agree with the too much professionalism comment as well as the appreciation of the stupid humor and puns

While SOME points the OP made are valid, if any, it's not like anyone here is monetarily invested in LTTMG videos. Linus owes the viewers nothing. No one is making you watch them, and like the OP said, there are other channels out there.
 
The minority are always louder than the majority... Most would say his new videos are fantastic. I personally love the production quality of them.

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Ok so i got it working again here's how and possibly the problem: Restored to the point created at the start of windows updates from 2 days ago when my updates were performed, audio now works again so either windows updated files got a lil screwy or it could have DLed the updated driver and that driver was not entirely functional. Any other thoughts?