Posted on 09/10/2020 3:29:13 AM PDT by karpov
(CNN Business)The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels.
Portland joins a growing number of places in the United States, such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Boston, that have outlawed city use of the surveillance technology, which is meant to identify a person from an image of their face. But 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.
Facial recognition technology has grown in prevalence — and controversy — in recent years, popping up everywhere from airport check-in lines to police departments and drugstores. Yet while it could add a sense of security and convenience for businesses that roll it out, the technology has been widely criticized by privacy advocates for built-in racial biases and potential for misuse.
These worries were clearly on the minds of city council commissioners who voted unanimously for the ban. In addition to halting city use of the surveillance technology, 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. While facial-recognition technology could help with tasks ranging from solving crime to checking student attendance at school, it comes with fundamental privacy issues.
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Facial recognition technology has been successfully argued as a 4th amendment violation.
I REALLY don't want to say this, but Portland .... in this case .... is actually fighting a good fight.
I ALSO think that if we analyze a LOT of thoughts and thought processes that have been initiated BY this covid plannedemic and hoax, we might see that The American people, because of fear and misdirection are getting a steady bombardment of anti-Constitutional language .... and good folks are thinking; "Yeah .... that sounds about right"
Let me guess, business owners caught using it won’t be released in under 30 minutes like someone sealing all exits and then lighting a building on fire.
The elected city officials, and the elected state officials of Portland and Oregon, respectively, are too stupid or confused to govern themselves. At this point in time, with all the city chaos, do they really believe this is their top priority?
Regular rules are suicidal in a city that’s had 100+ nights of arson riots. In this case, facial recognition is used to connect masked arsonists to named suspects, by law enforcement, by connecting their clothes, backpacks, shoes etc.
They are neither stupid nor confused. They are dedicated Communists using their city as a springboard for the national revolution.
True, true. Using massed public face recognition (like the NSA blanket sweeping up phone calls and locations!) IS a violation of (what used to be) our intrinsic freedoms.
But Portland is NOT making this ban on face recognition to “promote” freedom or to “prevent violating our Constitutional Rights.”
They are making this ban (on their own police and sheriff dept, AND on small businesses ) to PREVENT THEIR AntiFa/BLM/communist CRIMINALS (rioters, looters, arsonists, vandals, thieves) from being identified!
Kind'a like the Patriot Act and Homeland Security at the airports.
Something we actually plan for rather than fight against .... which is what we did when it was first enacted.
agreed, see my #11
I have to agree with you. In fact a few years ago many would have argued it to be a violation and invasion of privacy. Although many shrugged and said there are cameras everywhere already watching us.
Moving through life anywhere with anonymity is a myth. From your cellphone being tracked to the GPS in your car and your online discourse...too just walking down the street.
I would just point out that with all the technology...watching...has it helped? Is there less crime, murder, etc. Is the technology playing into the myth of safety vs. freedom?
They wear face masks anyway and have for quite a while.
I see this as a stopped clock being right twice a day.
I think it’s a great move, but yeah. The timing is kinda dumb.
Aiding and abetting
I REALLY don't want to say this, but Portland .... in this case .... is actually fighting a good fight.
Glad to see enough folks around here are aware enough of their Liberty that you didn't get monkey piled for this.
Our privacy gets more eroded every day.
The why doesn’t matter.
It is a violation of our Rights.
How long until we get tickets for being unmasked, or some other BS?
I have to agree with this one. Facial recognition, biometrics, wiretaps, and the ease of getting warrants, particularly FISA warrants are all things that can easily be abused. Beyond potential abuse there is the cost to taxpayers and increased government size. There are alternative ways to deal with rioters, looters and arsonists, particularly in the cases found in Rat controlled cities today. The police are there, but their handlers won’t let them do their jobs. In this case, two wrongs don’t make a right.
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