[PapaBear3625]

The program, the ACLU says, invites state and federal agencies to submit photographs of persons of interest to the Vermont DMV, which it compares against its database of some 2.6 million photos and shares potential matches. Since 2012, the agency has run at least 126 such searches on behalf of local police, the State Department, FBI, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

OK, so if Vermont DMV can't run the facial recognition software themselves, there's nothing stopping them from uploading the whole database of picture/name/address to the feds, and having THEM run facial recognition.

If the feds had every state upload face/name/address, they could look at people applying for federal welfare aid, and see if they have more than one ID in more than one location.

[i_robot73]

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OK, so if Vermont DMV can’t run the facial recognition software themselves, there’s nothing stopping them from uploading the whole database of picture/name/address to the feds, and having THEM run facial recognition.

If the feds had every state upload face/name/address, they could look at people applying for federal welfare aid, and see if they have more than one ID in more than one location.
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Easier solution: End the illegal Welfare State.

They’d NEVER use this at the voting booths, let alone in your scenario. Not for unsolved crimes or the like, it will be a bludgeon used on the lawful (EG: 2A ‘permits’)