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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by gowld on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @02:14PM (#17128126)
Amber Alerts are opt-out, not mandatory.
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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by SpikedCola on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:28PM (#17129942)
At least in Canada, the new Amber-Alert-over-LTE system is mandatory, and cannot be opted out of:

"People cannot opt out of this," said CRTC spokesperson Patricia Valladao. "There is a high importance that people — want it or not — receive these alerts."[0]

[0] http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/emergency-alerts-system-ph...

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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by donarb on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:19PM (#17129505)
They should be opt-in. When the feature was implemented on my phone I was not informed, the checkbox was already selected.
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