Tuesday, December 28, 2004

LAPD Using New Facial-Recognition Technology

"It's like a mobile electronic mug book," said Capt. Charles Beck of the gang-heavy Rampart Division, which has been using the software. "It's not a silver bullet, but we wouldn't use it unless it helped us make arrests."
But Ramona Ripston, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said the technology was unproven and could encourage profiling on the basis of race or clothing.
"This is creeping Big Brotherism," Ripston said. "There is a long history of government misusing information it gathers."

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