San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology, criticized as biased by lawmakers and privacy advocates.
A new bill unveiled on Tuesday, known as the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, states that the risks of the controversial technology "substantially outweigh...its purported benefits, and the technology will exacerbate racial injustice and threaten our ability to live free of continuous government monitoring."
(Score: 4, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday February 03 2019, @04:19AM (1 child)
Let me point to you something you may have missed: the bill is called "Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance" not "Stop Surveillance Ordinance".
Still thinking that holds the promise of a better society?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:42PM
I would not be surprised if they did that kind of fuckery, but my point still stands to all the California haters. It is like the conservative version of "flyover country" but as usual with lots of extra hate. Whatever, assholes gotta ass.