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Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault.
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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Why is a private entity able to use facial recognition software in the first place. I know doesn't have the equivilant of GDPR, but surely it has some level of privacy laws?
Why did the police think that was sufficient evidence to jail someone, especially when there wasn't any further collaborating evidence.
I mean, this is US police we're talking about here, and not just anywhere in the US, but Houston, Texas.
The answer is "cops do way worse on their own as it is," and "they don't actually give a shit, they just want to arrest someone."
US cops are terrible, but Texas cops are the worst scum of the worst scum.
Texas Rangers on the other hand... or at least specific one of them. That's another story. It's the man! His tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. He does not use spell check. If he happens to misspell a word, Oxford will change the spelling. Where some kids pee their name in the snow, he can pee his name into concrete. He counted to infinity. Twice. Once a cobra bit his leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died. And so much more...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106168/
I heard he once had sex in the cab of a semi truck, and got some bodily fluids on the seat. That truck later became known as Optimus Prime.
I think California has privacy laws. At the national level I don't think we have anything except HIPAA, which only covers medical data.
As for why the police thought the evidence was sufficient, it's because they just don't care.
They had collaborating evidence, they used a photo lineup on the clerk who was robbed at gunpoint and the clerk picked him out as the perp.
But then the problem becomes eyewitness testimony and possible manipulation of lineup photos by the cops.