Lmao let’s see how long it takes them to shut this down
All they have to do is close the public sources of photo IDs. The tool itself isn’t anything special, anybody familiar with the tech can code something like this up in less than a day, hell ChatGPT can probably vibe code it for you.
If only CSI enhancing worked in real life, we could out the asshole on the far left.
far left
From his PoV, he’s actually standing on the far-right. Fitting lol
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What are they so afraid of?
The drug lord or mafia boss that sends killers to eliminate their families ?
Because criminals get out of jail and can go after their families. We had someone leave a bomb on the doorstep of a judge in our neighborhood.
Am I the only one who thinks police should be held to a higher standard of accountabilities?
The police yes, but he is speaking about a convicted criminal that want revenge when he get out of jail. Or even without getting out of jail, sending some of his accomplices to do the job.
Such a shame. Anyway, I guess we’ll have to live with the consequences of technology.
That’s a fair concern to a degree of course even the most fair sentences might have a disgruntled person on the other end of it but a fair justice system that serves and protects its community equally has little to fear overall. When a justice system is unfair, unequal, does not serve or protects its community that risk goes way up however they only have themselves to blame for the increased risk. An occasional crazy is just the price of being a human but if the public in general is against you, you’ve done that to yourself through your own actions
There is resistance everywhere, but LA was a special target for the GOP. They are gearing up to make Chicago just as hot here soon.
I’m a librarian. I also work with members of the public, some of whom do not share my understanding of reality. My information is still public because I’m a government employee.
Why would a librarians info need to be public? Does America require a public database of public servants?
No they don’t need to know who is working where. The public just needs to know where the money goes through. Annual reports of a lot more companies should be public.
It’s a public servants thing–the public wants to know what they’re paying for, so public servant salary records are public.
Various websites compile this information from the various state and federal sources. It’s wicked easy to find information on, say, every public servant with the title “librarian” in Fake County, Kentucky.
Knowing their full name, you can look up their home ownership records in the county real estate or tax databases and ta-da, you know where they live. You also know if they work part-time at a different public library, so that’s convenient for stalking purposes.
Edit: not that I think it’s a good thing. It’s creepy as all get out. If we have to post salaries, I’d much rather they be anonymized like on Glassdoor.
Edit2: and these lists do get used for political ickiness. There’s an anti-union group that mails out helpful tips on how to save money–leave your union. They even provide a “I want to leave” postcard addressed to your union leadership for you to sign, pre-filled-in with your info.
I think that’s something they have, yeah. It’s kind of unheard of to me. I can only imagine public servants like librarians or library assistants getting stalked, harassed, etc because their info is publicly available for anyone to access.
That really sucks. But a lot of innocent people have the police break into their homes and murder them so it balances out.
Ahh yes of course, two wrongs have always made a right /s
It’s not about being right anymore, that’s never going to happen.
I wasn’t expecting crims to go after their own families, but I’m here for it….
Was the judge a dick head?
If I remember correctly they were convicted of embezzlement. Narcissists and psychopaths get mad when they are held accountable.
Police the police
This isn’t working for me. It’s just stuck on ‘Processing…’. It also has a Javascript error.
Good. ACAB.
Breaking news!
First animal facial recognition tool invented!
Soon you’ll be able to prove another rancher stole some of your cattle,chickens,etc…
For now only works for pigs.👏
Is there ski mask recognition software that will work on ICE?
Maybe this will actually make politicians flip their opinion on AI… lmao
If the Big Beautiful Bill passes it will be extremely hard to regulate.
Means we have all the time in the world to turn it against them, then!
Love it
TIL I look quite a bit like 2 LA cops in particular
Highly illegal in Europe, obvs. Looking forward to finding out how this will go in the US.
What’s highly illegal in Europe? Taking a photo or using publicly available images to match that photo to?
As far as I know those things are not illegal, although as a Brit I wouldn’t be surprised if they label this terrorism lol
What’s highly illegal in Europe? Taking a photo or using publicly available images to match that photo to?
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Taking a photo for that purpose is likely out.
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Matching it to any publically available images is definitely out.
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Creating a database of face images for searching: Nope.
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Using this system is very problematic.
Some of this is because of the GDPR. So it’s likely to be illegal in the UK, as well. And some is because of the AI Act (in particular 4. but also 3. to some degree). That’s not something that needs to concern Brits.
I’d have to research 4, but I know for a fact taking a photo of someone in public is protected as you have no right to privacy in public, it’s also not the subjects business what I intend to do with it, so things like posting online might be subject to GDPR but if i wanted to build an app like the one in this post then I would do what they did and have it all on device so it technically isn’t uploaded anywhere.
I would need a law showing that matching a face against publicly available datasets of faces is illegal as that seems insane and difficult to police.
Yes, 3 I agree with as it would fall under GDPR as identifiable information.
I know for a fact
Do you remember why you “know” this? Just curious.
I would need a law showing that matching a face against publicly available datasets of faces is illegal as that seems insane and difficult to police.
Surely you have noticed that there is a lot of criticism of the GDPR and EU tech regulation.
I know that because I do a lot of street photography and there is no law in the UK forbidding photography of people in public spaces, it’s quite easy for you to Google this but I can’t provide you with a law condoning it as that’s not how it works.
Again show me in GDPR where it expressly forbids marching a face to a public dataset.
I know that because I do a lot of street photography and there is no law in the UK forbidding photography of people in public spaces,
I didn’t write there was one. It sounds like you “know” that photography is “protected” because you need that to be true.
it’s quite easy for you to Google this
Indeed. For anyone who’s not good at googling things, I recommend the UK ICO.
but I can’t provide you with a law condoning it as that’s not how it works.
That’s true. You can’t because you are wrong. You should know that your take on the GDPR is nonsense. It sounds like you violate it on a habitual basis.
Again show me in GDPR where it expressly forbids marching a face to a public dataset.
What do you mean “again”?
The GDPR forbids this in, of course, Article 6 and, more particularly, Article 9, but also gives exceptions.
You seem to want to me prove that a law doesn’t exist where it’s much easier for you to show me a law doesn’t exist.
You can read this House of Commons debate on the topic Here
Police officers have the discretion to ask people not to take photographs for public safety or security reasons, but the taking of photographs in a public place is not subject to any rule or statute. There are no legal restrictions on photography in a public place, and there is no presumption of privacy for individuals in a public place
Or you can read This debate from the House of Lords.
The taking of photographs in a public place is not subject to any rules or statute. There are no legal restrictions on photography in a public place … and the Home Secretary … expressed our desire to ensure that people are free and able to take photographs in public places
Seems pretty simple really. Although I will concede that processing or personal identifiable information, even if done ok device, would likely be a breach of GDPR.
As for your assertion that I habitually break GDPR, yeah sure in this hypothetical scenario, but thankfully as a software engineer we have a team that handles this for us.
Commercial versions of these systems exist in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/06/shopper-facewatch-watchlist-39p-paracetamol-london
The Gdpr makes these things harder to do, but not automatically illegal.
Surely you have noticed that there is a lot of criticism of the GDPR and EU tech regulation.
Yeah, and some of it is even true.
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Sounds like fascism to me.
Should be the ice agents too
