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6. The future is grim ... n/t

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Sat Sep 27, 2014, 07:21 AM

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FBI launches powerful face recognition/tracking system [View all] woo me with science Sep 2014 OP

Wait until the thought police start. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #1

No privacy. woo me with science Sep 2014 #2

from one of my favorite books. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #5

That, is absolutely in the works. I was reading someplace that the pentagon has or is commissioning RKP5637 Sep 2014 #41

Track this ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #3

Recently returned home from foreign trip ... and found new kiosks taking our photos mainer Sep 2014 #4

To compare your passport photo to your face? JimDandy Sep 2014 #10

"It’s really a customer service imperative,..." dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #15

Well, in Europe and Asia the system verifies that your face matches your passport photo Recursion Sep 2014 #25

Facial mapping. Chan790 Sep 2014 #33

And the problem is? Recursion Sep 2014 #37

It's only situationally okay. Chan790 Sep 2014 #45

The future is grim ... n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #6

Snowden Was The Tip Of The Spear cantbeserious Sep 2014 #7

I thought ctsnowman Sep 2014 #8

It'll make it easier to identify frozen seniors this winter leftstreet Sep 2014 #17

It is totally out of hand...Fascism is here. dotymed Sep 2014 #9

I take it you live in an urban/metro area? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #14

The standard reply JimDandy Sep 2014 #21

Yes. dotymed Sep 2014 #40

Down here in a red state, I live in a small town dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #44

Yep, same here, a camera is focused on you. Even Lowe's has cameras as you check out. As you process RKP5637 Sep 2014 #28

no they probably dont reddread Sep 2014 #32

On the machines here at self-checkout at Lowe's there is a camera right on your face and a screen RKP5637 Sep 2014 #35

I see reddread Sep 2014 #38

You make a very good point! Over the years people have let the government rule them RKP5637 Sep 2014 #39

Doctors have a big interest in making sure they are treating the right person treestar Sep 2014 #53

Freedumb. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #11

The veil of fascism falls off a little more every day. EEO Sep 2014 #12

“The illusion of freedom... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #18

there are some words that have lost their cache in the USA reddread Sep 2014 #47

Yet another important issue that we can resolve once we fight for and achieve Publicly Funded Dustlawyer Sep 2014 #13

Bernie is dotymed Sep 2014 #42

Big Brother is watching... JEB Sep 2014 #16

"FaceSpace" The new free social networking site. adirondacker Sep 2014 #19

For us older who had WWII Parents and Vietnam Vet Friends killed.. KoKo Sep 2014 #20

Yes, it is a déjà vu and this time around the tools are very sophisticated. Like a cancer it is so RKP5637 Sep 2014 #29

Kids don't get the good stuff in school, I agree, KoKo, esp. now dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #30

Hah, it is only a matter of time till a "Person of Interest" type of system is fully operational AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #22

Samaritan is here. Chan790 Sep 2014 #34

I'm so glad I live in a place with no surveillance cameras cali Sep 2014 #23

You don't. Chan790 Sep 2014 #36

usually overhead cameras as well reddread Sep 2014 #46

I don't think you understand rural places cali Sep 2014 #48

and no cam on the old laptop? reddread Sep 2014 #49

I live in the midst of national forestry and wildlife preserve-land on the top of a mountain... Chan790 Sep 2014 #50

Sounds like pretty much all of Western Europe Recursion Sep 2014 #24

That's creepy Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #26

Yeah, though they don't have the history of freedom from search and seizure that we do Recursion Sep 2014 #27

My god, that is straight out of Minority Report. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #31

Big Brother, just not this one... JEB Sep 2014 #43

Just wait until a Fascist Dictator takes over amerika warrant46 Sep 2014 #51

Cheek triangle anyone? nt valerief Sep 2014 #52

"Citizen step 30 feet away from the police mech, you have been recognized as threat level 3." Rex Sep 2014 #54