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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

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  • it would much easier if you would provide a law that prohibits this.

    Again?

    Source2

    I can't see that either of these was written by someone qualified or that they have a good reputation. You should take more care to find credible sources.

    I suggest that you check the data protection office of your local government. There may be subtle differences between countries. For the UK, that would be the ICO. But beware, that the UK is no longer part of the EU and its interpretation of the GDPR may be looser.

    If you're into photography, copyright and other laws also need to be considered. There's a lot of diversity between EU countries in these things.

    You have to be trolling as I’ve provided text from the House of Commons, the House of Lords, Article 85 of GDPR and a couple of extra sources.

    If you’re from the UK I suggest you contact your local MP with a view to stop spreading misinformation, if you’re not from the Uk then in the nicest way possible fuck off and stop talking about stuff you have no clue you silly cunt.

  • Not that often, since it is a very formal matter to sue a registered accountant over here. It costs like 50 euro to complain or something and the accountant can lose his title from it.

    Yeah, 50€ will stop the drunk at the pub from filing a complaint on his mobile for a lark, but in the greater scheme it's no barrier at all for people intent on serious harassment.

    the accountant can lose his title from it.

    That's almost always on the table with complaint investigations against licensed professionals of all kinds.

    The bigger trick is: who are the regulators that execute the decision making process, how onerous is it to fight it, etc. A lot of what goes down around here on the "bad side" of all that is that certain actors familiar with the system will develop relationships with the regulatory body and launch complaints sufficient to significantly harass license holders (or any regulated person) just enough to really bother them, but not quite enough to trigger a fight with lawyers in the courts and appeals processes. In a competitive arena like running a restaurant, the harassment can be expensive and time consuming enough to tip the balance between profitable, and shutting down.

  • That's up to you. I just don't like to see it downplayed.

    That’s why they call it ‘risk’ and not ‘safe.’

  • I agree with that the abusive cops and ice is insane in the US, and it should be stopped. I also believe that the US is a corrupt nation in nearly every place of the government and surrounding instances.

    But a question surround this, what if the US wasn't corrupt and the judges would actually follow the law (juries wouldn't be able to exist for most cases) and hypothetical if the US had privacy laws for everything besides businesses wouldn't this be the same punishable offence that would protect citizens?

    In GDPR countries (among others) nobody is allowed to do something like this with face recognition because the law works for everybody. (Some people are trying to destroy this in some countries, though).

    At the same time, if the government is allowed to use facial recognition and other anti-privacy measures to identify people where there is no ground to, then why shouldn't the people be able to do that?

    Edit: I am not from the US and my look on life and trias political situations is different than what the fuck is happening in the US

    (juries wouldn't be able to exist for most cases)

    What does this mean?

    Edit: read further down that you're in a country that doesn't guarantee jury trials so I'm guessing you're referring to some kind of criteria not being met to trigger a trial by jury

  • Sorry, but I assume everybody here at least has a basic level of understanding on the political system most democratic countries are at least somewhat based on.

    Trias Political is the sense that you have the government, the police and the judges. Everybody needs to follow the law, the government makes that law, the judges judge who gets punished and how long and the police enact that punishment. (Very broadly explained).

    If the system works like intended or at least close to, then everybody has the same rights and need to follow the same low.
    You are were talking about "the regime" what regime are you talking about? Generally people mean the 1%er's or at least the actual rich. Corruption is what allows the inequality between people, but removing the corruption can also cause issues. Just look at the situation in Brazil.

    Facial recognition is not something any company can just use in a GDPR country in the way they do in China or in this example. Again, we have rights.

    My original comment was more an "if" question about what IF the US actually functioned like a democracy instead of a consuming focussed, angelo-saxton country.

    " Sorry, but I assume everybody here at least has a basic level of understanding on the political system"
    I certainly do and know the pretty concept of separation of power, if you have trouble with spelling and forming coherent sentences that's another matter.
    When you say "most democratic countries " That means you believe in the solely theoretical concept of democracy, it doesn't exist.
    Or what countries do ypu think have that?
    And LOL at using China as a negative example of FR.
    England for one is far worse.
    And no I do not mean the 1%ers which is a silly concept. I mean the regime/government whose rights and powers far exceed the powers of normal citizens.
    Even when the theory/law doesn't say that in your imaginary democratic state.
    "a consuming focussed angelo-saxton country" again, what do you mean?
    That is exactly what we in the west call democracies.
    It is merely an ultra-capitalist ,so consumer and profit focused concept. The rights are there on paper.

  • I agree with that the abusive cops and ice is insane in the US, and it should be stopped. I also believe that the US is a corrupt nation in nearly every place of the government and surrounding instances.

    But a question surround this, what if the US wasn't corrupt and the judges would actually follow the law (juries wouldn't be able to exist for most cases) and hypothetical if the US had privacy laws for everything besides businesses wouldn't this be the same punishable offence that would protect citizens?

    In GDPR countries (among others) nobody is allowed to do something like this with face recognition because the law works for everybody. (Some people are trying to destroy this in some countries, though).

    At the same time, if the government is allowed to use facial recognition and other anti-privacy measures to identify people where there is no ground to, then why shouldn't the people be able to do that?

    Edit: I am not from the US and my look on life and trias political situations is different than what the fuck is happening in the US

    If the police weren't unaccountable invaders, and just, liked, issued annoying tickets or whatever instead of murdering children and doing to crowds of peaceful civilians things that would be war crimes if done to uniformed enemy soldiers literally any tike they assemble, or even if the obes who actually did that stuff were punished literally at all when they did, i don't think anyone would have even thought to do this.

    They are abd they do and they don't, though.

  • fix what. You have some expectation that everything is actionable and merely a matter of nattering at people to go do it?

    We cant know its a honey pot and its not even remotely realistic to say a citizen can fix it or investigate it. Even an arm of the state would be unable to investigate an intention. So you're trolling.

    Yeah, they're all honeypots. Signal, honeypot. Lemmy, honeypot. Linux, honeypot. Can't make anything else. /s

  • Cameras. They fucking hate body cameras. When it clears them of wrongdoing, they have the video ready. When they 'accidentally' shoot a guy nine times in the back of the head, video seems to be missing.

    Ever wonder why the uh, default cop idle stance, the at ease stance.... is each hand up at it's shoulder, elbows bent, in front of chest?

    Because that way they can very, very easily, and casually, bump their chestcam, obsure its view, muffle the sound.

    "In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance."

    • Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings.