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Re:Why facial recognition has led to false arrests by tyingq on Monday August 24, 2020 @09:05AM (#24260215)
"These contain some criminal mugshots, but the bulk of the images comes from non-criminal sources such as passports and state driver’s license compilations; that is, the databases mostly expose ordinary, generally innocent citizens to criminal investigation."

Worth noting that a mugshot does not imply criminality. As the lead off in the article shows, lots of innocent people get arrested and thus, have mugshots on file.

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Re:Why facial recognition has led to false arrests by boomboomsubban on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:10PM (#24262780)
Fairly banal crimes can also lead to mugshots. I had to have one taken over a parking violation.
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