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Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass

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  Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-07 09:55:58 +0000, I'm Batman, Dammit said:

>> On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 01:16:44 -0800
>> xyzzy <stalkers-suck@grr.la> wrote:
>> 
>>> A spokesman for Google said the company was not working with law enforcement
>>> agencies on the project and that the NYPD likely acquired the glasses
>>> through the Google Glass Explorer program.
>>> 
>>> [The San Francisco PD chief CIO officer] says the applications for law
>>> enforcement are potentially huge...wireless facial recognition software is
>>> one potential use.  Asked about [potential civil rights] issues, Merritt
>>> deferred answering. “Call us back in six months!”
>> 
>> 
>> I think this was going to be a given.  The potential applications for 
>> law enforcement are huge.  If I weren't such a cynic I'd say it's got 
>> lots of upsides for enforcing whether cops are toeing the line when 
>> they make arrests, etc.  But the cynic says they'll want that aspect 
>> locked down.
>> 
>> How about us, the people?  Do we get to wear our Google Glass when 
>> we're being pulled over for a traffic violation?  Because at present it 
>> doesn't look like the knife cuts both ways, so to speak.

> I think the best way is to have a surreptitious camera / mic on one's 
> person, in the states where this won't automatically send you to jail.  
> Another thing to think about is the idea of having cameras with 
> automatic facial recognition everywhere ALREADY.  Law enforcement 
> officers often use dirty tricks, but I trust Google itself even less.  

Really? I trust nearly anyone more than I trust the police. The police
are systematic liars, even more so than the criminals. In my opinion,
when a police officer lies in the prosecution of an innocent person,
that officer should have to serve the entirety of the original sentence
the innocent person was sentenced to.

> In my opinion every cell phone / tablet / computer with cameras and 
> mics should be treated as if it were recording everything in the 
> vicinity and uploading it when convenient.  The foolish might even feel 
> comforted by this, or likely ambivalent at least - after all if you 
> don't have anything to hide you don't have anything to fear!

-- 
I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.

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NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass xyzzy <stalkers-suck@grr.la> - 2014-02-07 01:16 -0800
  Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass "I'm Batman, Dammit" <batman@thecave.invalid> - 2014-02-07 09:55 +0000
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 16:10 -0800
      Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 19:55 +0000
        Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-08 15:19 -0800
          Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-09 15:19 +0000
      Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 17:27 +0000
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 17:24 +0000
  Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:04 -0800
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-19 17:17 +0000

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