The NFL wants to use facial recognition at games. Police say it's a bad idea (www.npr.org)
from HailSeitan@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 15:35
https://lemmy.world/post/19258699

The cops object when their tools on turned on them

#privacy

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Steve@communick.news on 31 Aug 16:21 next collapse

they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.

The company is unaccountable‽
That’s some projection.

SaintWacko@midwest.social on 31 Aug 17:45 next collapse

Nice interrobang!

bobs_monkey@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 21:56 collapse

Ironic that cops love facial recognition when it’s not pointed at them, but all of a sudden it’s an issue when they’re subject to it.

Steve@communick.news on 31 Aug 23:32 collapse

Hypocritical for sure.
Not really unexpected, so not ironic.

octopus_ink@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 16:39 next collapse

Dear cops: Oh now we worry about unchecked power and lack of oversight in the deployment of surveillance technology? Please. May as well join the surveillance dystopia with the rest of us, you helped usher it in. Tell me again about your robot dogs and your Stingray devices why don’t you.

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 01 Sep 00:25 collapse

Don’t forget their fucking tanks. Smh.

moreeni@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 16:46 next collapse

Every state wants a monopoly on violence. The more powerful the state, the less there are entities that could opress you except the state itself. So it’s not unexpected that the cops would object to have a “competitor” with facial recognition technology

would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 17:13 next collapse

The AP article for those that don’t want to listen: apnews.com/…/raiders-nfl-vegas-police-allegiant-s…

The highlight for me is this:

The Las Vegas Police Protective Association, with the backing of the department, said they are concerned such technology compromises the officers’ privacy.

It’s worth noting they’re only doing this for workers, not for attendees. The police would presumably by fine with it if it were just attendees and not workers, because it wouldn’t include them.

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub on 31 Aug 17:40 next collapse

Ok, good. I thought I was the only one who saw this connection. It’s not that the police are against facial recog or that they don’t want the NFL or anyone else to use it, it’s that they’re aware of the privacy degradation it causes, and don’t want themselves (the police workers of the event) subjected to it. It’s fine if we, the attendees, are subjected to it, just not them. Oh, what a world.

bobs_monkey@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 21:57 collapse

Yup, cause, once again, fuck the people.

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub on 31 Aug 22:25 collapse

They forget that they are also the people, and all they’re doing is helping the corpos gain more power (make no mistake, the governments are a front for the corpos).

bobs_monkey@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 22:43 next collapse

Yeah but they’re “special people,” not subject to the same rules as the peons, even though they’d be tossed aside for private security should shit go down. God dammit lol

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub on 01 Sep 00:02 collapse

“special people” until they’re not haha

BearOfaTime@lemm.ee on 01 Sep 00:24 collapse

Front/right arm/all of one.

I mean we had the Dutch East Indies Corp doing it’s thing 300 years ago. It’s not really new, and it’s frustrating people don’t see it.

Woht24@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 03:22 collapse

The old adage ‘why do you care if you’ve got nothing to hide?’ comes to mind

Chozo@fedia.io on 31 Aug 17:15 next collapse

You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole.

aramis87@app.fedia.io on 31 Aug 17:15 next collapse

Las Vegas police are refusing to comply with the NFL’s new plan to use facial recognition technology for stadium employees during games. Even though police often use facial recognition to identify suspects, they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 18:20 collapse

Are they implying the police are accountable for anything?

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 31 Aug 18:43 collapse

Yes... Said a man tapping on the gun and the badge...

You got something you gonna do about it?

jjlinux@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 20:04 collapse

And now I’ll never go to a game again. Fuck’em.

refalo@programming.dev on 31 Aug 21:11 collapse

The bigger issue is not enough people care for it to make a difference.