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The police and governments may have access to a vast network of cameras. Combine that with a comprehensive database of faces — like a driver’s license database — and it’s possible to track citizens throughout an entire region in real time. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km pic.twitter.com/qTHIg6zXxL
“The technology has advanced faster than even I thought that it would,” said Jennifer Lynch, surveillance litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km pic.twitter.com/zPXaAXhyKa
In the United States, there are no federal laws that restrict the use of facial recognition. “It’s kind of like a wild, wild west out there,” Ms. Lynch said. https://nyti.ms/2UGT9km
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