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Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

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Re: Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

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Post by Ziomislaw »

whatpeoplewant wrote: post #4

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and who would verify that the system had not been modified and is being used in accordance with the law? pinky promise is not enough.

police forces in most (EU but not only) countries had proven multiple times that they think the law does not apply to them. they will always abuse such systems.

Re: Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

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Post by themafia »

analog8374 wrote: post #3
hacka22 wrote: post #2

this is great news and I wonder if and how this has impact on other European deployments

We're preferring ignorance to knowledge here because we don't trust the government. Which is weird.

If you don't trust the source how can you call what you received "knowledge?" Why is that weird?

Re: Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

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Post by parineum »

analog8374 wrote: post #3
hacka22 wrote: post #2

this is great news and I wonder if and how this has impact on other European deployments

We're preferring ignorance to knowledge here because we don't trust the government. Which is weird.

Prefering government ignorance is the same as privacy.

Re: Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition cameras at the Prague airport

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Post by viraptor »

analog8374 wrote: post #3
hacka22 wrote: post #2

this is great news and I wonder if and how this has impact on other European deployments

We're preferring ignorance to knowledge here because we don't trust the government. Which is weird.

Generally we also don't trust the technology, not just the government. Unless you're up for being detained just because you look quite like some wanted person. Given enough samples, there is some guaranteed overlap.
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