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For years "America's Most Wanted" helped capture criminals by showing photos of wanted suspects and asking the public to call if they visually identified someon
by milesf 10y ago
For years "America's Most Wanted" helped capture criminals by showing photos of wanted suspects and asking the public to call if they visually identified someone.
What's the difference between that and having computers do the same thing? CCTV cameras, Facebook, or any source of photos of faces could be automated to search against databases of suspects.
Is this really a road we want to go down? I'm of two minds on the idea.
- gozur88 10y agoThe difference is having people watch a television show to identify one or two guys is really inefficient and can't be scaled.
- ensignavenger 10y agoIf each CCTV system did this on its own, I don't think there would as many objections. If all or a whole bunch of CCTV systems aggregated their footage into a central location where these types of analysis can be done, that would be a very different situation. Someone having access to this system could use it to do a lot more than just catch a known suspect.
- trhway 10y agoIt is called intelligence fusion centers. There is already existing network of them. And you're right - it is used for more than just catching of known ones. Its main output is SARs - suspicious activity reports. Google Palantir for (openly described) capabilities.