Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/15/police-databases-contain-the-f.html
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Currently the headline reads:
“Police databases contain the faces of nearly have of Americans”
You might notice an issue with it …
Authoritarians will see that as a glass half-empty…
Keep smiling!
Obviously, wouldn’t want a mugshot that was unworthy of Instagram!!
I half to say that is shocking.
A nearly-have is still a have-not, amirite?
Author should half payed moor attention is grammar class.
Obviously, the police don’t care about the “Have Nots”.
it’s a Copper Mini
Anyhoo, here’s the link to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/opinion/facial-recognition-police.html
Grammar was fine; it was the speeling that needed work.
Hurrah! They finally fixed the headline…
It bothered me so much, I kept coming back to see if it had been corrected.
I need a life.
Wow, the comments on this post are diet version, apparently. Seriously, how is a facial map generated from a DL photo and then stored on a Gov server somewhere not considered a violation of privacy protections under the 4th Amendment? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
The general idea is that accessing a government record (the DMV picture) isn’t a violation of privacy, just using the record in a mildly expanded way. That is of course garbage, but it is the argument.
What is Real ID for a thousand?
Are Military Identification Cards part of that database? They even issue cards to dependents now.
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