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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by madhadron on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:51PM (#27375012)
But with all the smartphones around, someone can get the officer's badge number hopefully while they're beating you.
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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by edgyquant on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:51PM (#27375879)
I don’t think we’re discussing police brutality here, not that it isn’t terrible and more common than it should be. I live in King County and every week it seems some person assaults another for little to no reason (often with a hilarious number of priors) and walks the same night. That is the violent crime that isn’t prosecuted here that the GP was referring to.
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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by WalterBright on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:50PM (#27375439)
Smartphones don't have the resolution to pick up a badge number.
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