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Re:California Police Are Sharing Facial Recognition Database... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:28PM (#20586773)
>Or, more properly, they use the 117 matches as a starting point in an investigation to eliminate most of them, i

Maybe if you're a local politician, a cop or rich enough for them to know who you are you'll get that kind of service. For everyone else they'll just do nothing or nearly nothing and go back to playing with that APC they don't need.

If they find your car as part of some other crime they'll add another page to the book they're throwing but you don't need a database to do that.

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Re:California Police Are Sharing Facial Recognition Database... by toss1 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:15PM (#20588437)
Exactly! For most minor crimes like car break in, unless it's part of a string, they'll be unlikely to assign resources to the investigation (unless the victim is a VIP), but for a more serious crime, there's some good clues for the investigation.
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