Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras

Saint Aardvark writes "The city of Tampa has given up on their face-recognition system attached to street surveillance cameras."

Comments

It's probably just unplugged.

[serial_crusher]

I'm all about not using things that don't work, but I don't see why the "privacy" people are in such an uproar. It's just like the usenet monitoring story posted yesterday. If you don't want to be identified, stay off the streets or wear a mask.

But how paranoid do you have to be? Only criminals have to fear this, and there's no reason a criminals "privacy" should be protected in a public area. Outlawing these cameras would be like outlawing a citizen from calling when they recognize the guy on the street.