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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by monocasa on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:42PM (#17525591)
Because the scaling effects of automation change the natural balance of the implications of no public privacy.

For instance, the South Dakota supreme court recently found that leaving a webcam on public property for months in order to record everyone who showed up to and left a private residence to be a fourth amendment violation.

https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2017/nov/16/south-dak...

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Re:Microsoft Urges Congress to Regulate Use of Facial Recogn... by Deadron on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:32PM (#17527449)
Missing the key part that this was done by the police targeting a specific home. Otherwise security cameras would fall under this category.
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