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ACLU Examines Face-Recognition System

Posted by michael on from the candid-camera dept.

nate_drake and others wrote in about an ACLU report on face-recognition (PDF) (see also their press release and an MSNBC article). We've posted several previous stories about the Tampa police using face-recognition systems at the Super Bowl and on the streets of Ybor City.

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  1. DMCA.... by MosesJones · · Score: 1, Funny


    Hang on, thats my face they are capturing, imaging, processing and then storing. Clearly I own broadcast rights to my own face and all of its characteristics.

    If they match my face then they've reverse engineered my face into another format to circumvent its current storage mechanism.

    Totally silly application of DMCA... but then again its a pretty silly bill.

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  2. Re:ok... by well_jung · · Score: 2, Funny
    How long until these companies start lobbying the gov't for mandatory inclusion of, say, license photos in the pool of database data so that people can be picked up as soon as they do something?

    Umm... That'd be great. I never look as bad as I do on my DL. I'm not even sure it's me.

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  3. Run the Slashdot Reaction Subroutine by LittleGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a little tweaking, I believe the commentary on this issue will be iterated in the same categories as cited here.

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