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As cool as this development is, I can't help but think about how this could be grossly abused and used as another means of detaining or abusing certain populati
by koolk3ychain 6y ago
As cool as this development is, I can't help but think about how this could be grossly abused and used as another means of detaining or abusing certain populations state or federal gov might not like. "Pointing", or the provable technique of eliciting a "positive" detection response from a detection animal, has long been a huge point of contention for use of drug dogs during traffic stops - especially in California and Illinois. A huge proportion of these stops also involved the use of "pointing" drug dogs to lead to egregious 4th amendment violations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-01-06-ct-met-canine-officers-20110105-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2011-01-06-ct-met...
- 29athrowaway 6y agoCops need a reasonable suspicion to search your vehicle or belongings. And an easy way of claiming they have one is having dogs point at things, usually on command. It's a legal loophole. Other tricks include claiming you have a slurred speech, or that they smelled alcohol breath or marijuana. Then they can search your stuff, find nothing and say it's a false positive.
- throwaway2245 6y agoHaving dogs point at things is already (or should be) "search".
- koolk3ychain 6y agoIn many states, a dog indicating is used as the threshold of probable cause.
- dehrmann 6y agoHuawei worked on AI that can recognize Uyghurs. Seems like a reasonable extension of that.