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Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras

Posted by michael on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

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

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  1. Re:Not surprising by untaken_name · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That doesn't make sense. I can recognise a particular face from a 2D photograph. Therefore it must be possible, just difficult.

    Well, I can recognise a person based on a verbal description, too....does that mean a camera can?
    Just because *you* can do something doesn't mean a computer can. I can also compose parody songs containing socio-political commentary. Can a camera do that? I can also drink too much and end up passed out on top of a hot dog vendor's cart. I'd like to see a camera that can do that.

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  2. Re:It's probably just unplugged. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    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.

    Do you want to live in a state where the infrastructure of a police state is in place? What happens when some maniac buys his way into power?