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Re:He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to ... by onion2k on Monday December 28, 2020 @03:49PM (#25563066)
Simply put, having a suspect who looks like someone who committed a crime should never be enough to make an arrest. People look like other people. There has to be more to suspect someone than just what their face looks like.

If the police make an arrest based on facial recognition alone they have essentially given up doing police work and are just following suggestions that a computer makes. If that's what society chooses to use for justice then fire all the police officers and employ some minimum wage workers to do the job instead.

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Re:He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to ... by pmiller2 on Monday December 28, 2020 @04:37PM (#25563519)
Indeed, let me present the case of William West and William West: http://dh.dickinson.edu/digitalmuseum/exhibit-artifact/babes...

Those two men truly do look a lot alike, unlike the two men referenced in the article. Even so, there's no way looking like someone should imply anything at all. After all, I bear somewhat of a resemblance to a "moderately well known, but only a real fan would recognize him on the street"-level actor, and I'd really hate to get picked up if he decided to go off and do some cocaine or something.

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