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City Halls Use Facial Recognition To Blacklist And Ban Residents

Posted on July 16, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Joe Cadillic writes:

I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. Local governments and private corporations are using facial recognition to secretly blacklist people, despite having no valid reason to do so.

A recent article in the Idaho Statesman and in the video above, prove that local governments are using facial recognition to ban residents from accessing city-owned buildings.

The Boise city council claimed that they need facial recognition cameras to protect public employees from disgruntled or unwelcome residents.

Read more on MassPrivateI.

Lovely. Your taxpayer dollars are used to support technology that your government will use to chill your speech or ban you from access to your own government?  Where do I opt out of THAT?

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