The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
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Re: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
#2Original title was too long: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we're going to court to prove it, says ACLU
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#3How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
Re: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
#4How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
Possibly because taking useful photos of people's fingerprints from a distance seems like a problem. Taking photos of faces seems more like solved tech.
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#5How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
A street camera probably can't identify you by your fingerprints.
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#6How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
This is obviously more pervasive / invasive. How often did you identify yourself by fingerprint vs. every camera potentially pings your identity as you pass by.
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#7Previous and current discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21412356
Re: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
#8How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
You ever had your fingerprints taken without you knowing and consenting/ being under arrest?
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#9We have all the ingredients for Minority Report.
Recording devices in people's homes (alexa, siri, google).
AI inference that can be trained to predict violent crimes based on data from these always on devices.
Nation wide person tracking system, just using faces instead of eyeballs.
Yes yes, the always on devices are only on when you activate them with a keyword. So what. Once MicroGoogleZon proves that they can "prevent crimes" every non-tech person will want this in their home. We even see techies eschew privacy and champion fall detection systems that can report someone falling over in their home to the authorities.
Is it worth it?
Re: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing
#10How is this different than the FBI's longstanding fingerprint database? Just asking.
Your neighbor's Ring camera is not recording your fingerprint every time you get out of your house.