Joe Cadillic writes:
Two days ago NPR revealed that the Orlando Police Department is using Amazon’s facial recognition to identify people’s faces.
Earlier this year, the ACLU sent an FOI request to the police department asking for more information about Amazon Rekognition.
The title the police gave to the ACLU’s FOI request is both telling and disturbing it is called, ‘Conserving The Peace Through Values Driven Service’.
Because nothing says ‘values driven service’ like spying on the public.
Read more on Joe’s blog, MassPrivateI.