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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by bryanrasmussen on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:38AM (#23651291)
being able to skip town and move somewhere else is good if you've refused to fight a duel of honor or sent love letters to someone of the same sex, not so good if you've killed a few people.
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Re:Boston bans use of facial recognition technology by mc32 on Friday June 26, 2020 @08:46AM (#23651357)
True. It had defects; however, I think for serious crimes they’d attempt to catch the person (Wanted postings), but for less serious things they would ostracize them and have them pack their bags.
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