On Wednesday, the city of Portland —which has been decimated by rioters the last three months —banned the use of facial-recognition technology by local police.
“Its decision to prevent both local government and businesses from employing the technology appears to be the most sweeping ban yet by an individual city,” CNN reported, adding:
The new rule prevents “private entities in places of public accommodation” in Portland from using it, too, referring to businesses that serve the general public — a grocery store or a pizza place, for instance. It does not prevent individuals from setting up facial-recognition technology at home, such as a Google Nest camera that can spot familiar faces, or gadgets that use facial-recognition software for authenticating users, like Apple’s Face ID feature for unlocking an iPhone.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-bans-police-using-facial-recognition-technology
Im fine with this
I would be too, but unfortunately thanks to the patriot act, this technology has been in use for years by law enforcement
The patriot act is supposedly up for review in SCOTUS at the end of the month
So what's wrong with trying to ban it? This is a case where the toothpaste can be put back in the tube at least on state and local levels
I guess you're correct and I was too quick to post. I'm not for it
If there's one silver lining to the pdx riots it may be this.
We shouldnt hesitate to approve in the rare instances when antifa fights actual fascism instead of just white people.
Similar to how conservatives were against the 1085 program and militarization of police under Obama. Now that defund the police movement under trump has gained traction we should try to channel and divert this into meaningful change against 1984 police state tactics and not allow antifa to direct the narrative into an anticop/abolish the police stance.
Obviously police are necessary to protect communities (esp in riot season) but that doesnt mean we cant try to direct the energy towards targets both the left and right agree on. We are all against oppressive governments.
Banning facial recognition is a good thing, and with all these dumbasses wearing masks I don’t think lack of facial recognition software is going to affect antifa arrests.
well... by logical extension... between this ban, mask mandates, and arrest release without bail, sounds like banks and jewelry stores will be pretty easy pickins for the criminally-inclined.