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October 15, 2019 03:34 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/C38ptfe-lw8/police-databases-contain-the-f.html
Police databases contain the faces of nearly have of Americans
"Right now, most Americans are in a perpetual police lineup because they got a driver's license," says Clare Garvie, a Washington DC privacy expert. In this New York Times video, Garvie says that driver license photos are scanned and translated into a "face print" that face recognition software can use to compare photos and find matches. "Now any police officer can run searches against your face for any reason."
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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/C38ptfe-lw8/police-databases-contain-the-f.html
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