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U.S Senators call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition as surveillance powers grow (www.markey.senate.gov)
submitted 3 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37284768

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

kind of too late now. You guys should have been awake a year ago.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Yah, agreed. These same morons tripled their budget. What do you expect?!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Oh is that what we're doing now? Wagging our finger without any real consequences or enforcement? Guess that's the stage we're at now.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Chromebooks … in an effort to replace aging devices obtained during the pandemic,

Uhm, what, how long ago was this again? 2 or 3 years?

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I have a 9 year old laptop and it's just fine for pretty much anything you can do in a browser, and that's enough for me, 95% of the time.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

What stops this tech from being used against US citizens for state-sponsored terror activities? It sure as hell ain't the law.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

I'm sure they totally will