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Minority Report - Personal Advertising in the Future
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A one-minute clip from the film Minority Report showing digital signage that recognizes a passerby and personalizes ads to him by name. It depicts a vision of targeted advertising driven by biometric identification.
HN uses it as the go-to reference whenever a story involves ad tracking, facial recognition or personalized billboards.
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