San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city

Re:San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recogn... by standardUser on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:43PM (#19032167)

I still live here. Yes, we need a severe and sustained crackdown to change the dynamics in this city. But some things are harder to undo than others, and major investments like facial recognition would live on indefinitely even if/when crime declined.

Having said that, the San Francisco government has demonstrated beyond all doubt that they are incapable of carrying out even basic functions, let alone implementing a brand new, cutting edge facial recognition system. So a law like this is pointless to begin with.

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Re:San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recogn... by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:43AM (#19033596)

Eh, it’s a future-proofing measure in case that some hyper-competent municipal regime comes to power that not only makes MUNI run on time, but also more sinister schemes.

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Re:San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recogn... by shard972 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @11:08PM (#19032560)

Are you saying that wealthiest state in America, the one that also houses the largest tech companies in the world, doesn't have the competence to buy facial recognition software from amazon?

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Re:San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recogn... by maxxxxx on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @11:28PM (#19032669)

They have the competence to spend a lot of money on things but not so much competence to do something useful with the stuff they bought.

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