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No Face-Scanning Tech at San Diego Super Bowl

Posted by timothy on from the but-only-terrorists-want-privacy dept.

b3n writes "From our local paperspace fishwrap this article (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/ business/news_mz1b20snoope.html) ... "San Diego police have rejected the use of a controversial face-scanning technology for Sunday's Super Bowl, saying it's too costly and ineffective. Face-scanning technology that compares faces in a crowd with digital photos of criminals, fugitives and suspected terrorists gained national attention and sparked an outcry when it was used at the 2001 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla.""

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  1. Whew! by hawkbug · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess it's safe for me to go now :)

  2. Hmmm..THAT Guy There... by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...looks kind of suspicious.

    He's bloated, gosh, I think he's actually dead!!

    Who wheeled him in here? Is he a victim of anthrax, smallpox sent to infect the crowd?

    No, wait. He's just an Oakland Raiders fan.

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    "Provided by the management for your protection."
  3. Good! by goatasaur · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the organizers and police think the Super Bowl will be more interesting with the threat of an explosion in the stands.

    They're right. Beats watching Celine Dion warble "Are You Ready For Some Football?" with the Muckanut High School Marching Band.

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    ~D:
  4. What, and not have headshots of all the people... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...who are stealing football by attending the game and not watching the ads on television?

    Me, I'll be TiVoing the game, then fast-forwarding through the game just to see the ads. That'll absolve one attendee of their contractual responsibility to see the ads. (Is there an alt.binaries.multimedia.commercials.superbowl group yet? Cause if there's any multimedia files that should be free to distribute, it's ads!)