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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by barrkel on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:01PM (#38193316)
What if a private organization set up cameras observing everyone walking every street and avenue, and stored facial eigenvectors of all the people walking there.

It could then set up shop as a service, and given a picture of someone's face, tell you when and where they went anywhere on foot in NYC.

It's all public, right?

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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by roywiggins on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:42PM (#38194021)
It's being done for police, but I don't think there's any legal bar to selling this data to the public instead.

https://www.404media.co/fusus-ai-cameras-took-over-town-amer...

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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by wongarsu on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:15PM (#38193570)
That's what companies do with license plate scanners. I don't think faces would be substantially different in the eyes of the law.

I agree that it's an issue. In Europe there is some expectation of privacy even in public and what you describe would be illegal.

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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:26PM (#38193756)
> In Europe there is some expectation of privacy even in public

which is reason #1367 why the UK had to leave the EU.

Thanks, I'll be here all week, until I die.

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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by jakupovic on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:37AM (#38203300)
Wow what a mindless comment that doesn't bring anything to discussion, please delete yourself from discussion and nobody cares about UK supposed independence, let's talk in 10 years and see you again in EU but with no pounds. Wow
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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by DoesntMatter22 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:23PM (#38193706)
In thr US that is probably legal currently
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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by usea on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:23PM (#38194633)
The scenario you're describing is already the status quo.
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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by mypgovroom on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:31PM (#38194748)
What if? What do you mean what if? You are obviously to reality bud
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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by ddingus on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:36PM (#38194829)
You can find that in London right now.
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Re:You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to YouTuber's ... by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:37PM (#38194853)
Are you asking if that's legal? Because yes it absolutely is.
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