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Blaze Diem

(3,384 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2012, 10:43 AM Mar 2012

Police forces equipped with facial recognition devices cause privacy outrage

http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/07/13/moris-iphone-police-scanner/

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Police in Massachusetts will be one of the first civilian law enforcement agencies to be equipped with a controversial new facial recognition technology called MORIS. MORIS is an iPhone add-on that allows officers to scan a person's features and determine if they have a criminal history or are wanted for any number of offenses. The device can recognize faces at a distance of 5 feet, read fingerprints, and even scan the iris of a potential suspect and then cross-reference that information with a national database.

------------. Some fear that the inclusions of mug shots in the searchable database would put the information of innocent individuals — like address and other contact information — in the hands of any officer capable of snapping a quick photo. Even more troubling is the potential for a MORIS scanner to fall into the hands of a criminal, who could glean a plethora of your information without you even knowing it.

The first batch of 1,000 MORIS devices will be distributed to police organizations around the country by September. Each unit carries a $3,000 price tag, not to mention the expensive iPhone it operates with. There are plans to make Android-compatible MORIS devices, but no date has been set for their release.
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A new toy for airport screening?
I'm becoming more & more afraid of my own country.
Children in elementary school today, will become adults believing that life in a police state is normal.
How sad.

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Police forces equipped with facial recognition devices cause privacy outrage (Original Post) Blaze Diem Mar 2012 OP

I've met HS students that currently believe the police state is normal. obxhead Mar 2012 #1

Dick Cheneys 'Shadow Government' (Stratfor) is the center to this type of rogue citizen control Blaze Diem Mar 2012 #2

obxhead

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1. I've met HS students that currently believe the police state is normal.

Reply to Blaze Diem (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 11:26 AM

Mar 2012

It's terrifying. If we don't reverse this trend soon it will be too late.

Blaze Diem

(3,384 posts)

2. Dick Cheneys 'Shadow Government' (Stratfor) is the center to this type of rogue citizen control

Reply to obxhead (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 01:13 PM

Mar 2012

I think of my young grandkids and wonder what civil rights will be for them 20-30 years from now.

I would like to shelter them in a nation somewhere that stands firm on the side of its citizens.

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