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NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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Re: NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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>A city fire marshal used FDNY’s access to a facial recognition software to help NYPD detectives identify a pro-Palestinian protester at Columbia University, circumventing policies that tightly restrict the Police Department’s use of the technology.

Why does the fire department need access to run facial recognition?

Re: NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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>bypassed ban Broke the law is the phrase we want here. They did an illegal thing. They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

>They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

Claiming that an administrative policy against using facial recognition as a "right" seems like a stretch.

Re: NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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>bypassed ban Broke the law is the phrase we want here. They did an illegal thing. They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

Wanna go bypass some burglary laws to take expensive things out of people's houses?

Assuming you're a cop of course, otherwise we'll go to jail.

Re: NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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>bypassed ban Broke the law is the phrase we want here. They did an illegal thing. They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights.

>They didn't just scoot past a barrier, they violated people's rights. Claiming that an administrative policy against using facial recognition as a "right" seems like a stretch.

> Claiming that an administrative policy against using facial recognition as a "right" seems like a stretch.

This is such strange way to describe "right for privacy".

Re: NYPD bypassed facial recognition ban to ID pro-Palestinian student protester

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Can we talk about the fact that such a tool exists? A private company is able to take a photo and identify you. Scary shit!

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Try taking a photo of your partner first thing in the morning and posting it online. You’ll probably figure out the distinction.
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