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Re:San Francisco bans facial recognition technology by munic... by philwelch on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @06:50AM (#19918123)
I wouldn’t be surprised if accurate facial recognition technology actually cut down on things like overt racial profiling.
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Re:San Francisco bans facial recognition technology by munic... by jasaloo on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:50PM (#19930627)
yeah, maybe... but the question is always 'at what cost?'

There are ways of cutting down on racial profiling that don't require turning our city into a panopticon.

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