The cops object when their tools on turned on them

  • @[email protected]
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    8115 days ago

    The AP article for those that don’t want to listen: https://apnews.com/article/raiders-nfl-vegas-police-allegiant-stadium-5239b9962c23a6512fa2f694add9b9ea

    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.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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      5315 days ago

      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.

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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          815 days ago

          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).

          • @[email protected]
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            715 days ago

            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

          • @[email protected]
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            215 days ago

            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
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      215 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    5715 days ago

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

    The company is unaccountable‽
    That’s some projection.

  • aramis87
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    5015 days ago

    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
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      2215 days ago

      Are they implying the police are accountable for anything?

      • sunzu2
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        515 days ago

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

        You got something you gonna do about it?

  • @[email protected]
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    15 days ago

    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.

  • Chozo
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    2015 days ago

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