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Phoenix School to Install Face Scanners

Posted by michael on from the think-of-the-children dept.

I'm Spartacus! writes "CNN reports that a Phoenix middle school is intstalling face recognition scanners to help locate missing children and identify sex offenders. Civil Libertarians are justifiably concerned."

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  1. I Stand Against Privacy by Slicker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Privacy, in my opinion is a generally bad idea. I feel society would be better if it were fully open.

    Would we be more understanding and trusting of each other if we all had nothing to hide? If we all could see the lives of others?

    Would there be terrorism if terrorists couldn't hide? Could we trust our governments if we knew everything they were saying and doing?

    Privacy creates suspicion and mistrust.. It's a cause of wars and fighting of all kinds. It's what hinders us from finding and thwarting criminals--and from understanding them...and knowing why they do what they do.

    I wish we all lives in glass houses with speakers that echoed everything we said to the outside. I wish nobody wore clothes... and we all knew eachother for who we really were.

    Matthew C. Tedder

  2. this thread needs moderation... by xenocyst · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what i would give to have my moderator points for this story
    /me kicks self for wasting precious mod points on silly stories
    mmm precious

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    And, no, I should not have used the goddamn Preview mode first.