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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by nighthawk1 on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @08:41PM (#17130657)
As in ww2 Germany they said: give me the man and I’ll give you the crime.
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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by sean2 on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @09:32PM (#17130880)
"Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime."

To be pedantic, it was Lavrentiy Beria[1] who is credited with that statement[2]; So it was a WW2 Russian Sentiment. Though Stalin-ism is also an example of a surveillance state government that was known for being unpleasant.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria [2] http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1137804

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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by nighthawk1 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:22PM (#17135386)
Thanks, learned something new today.
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