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Less concerned about privacy. More concerned about what this sort of thing means to juries. A lot of forensic "evidence" is not actually completely conclusive,
by antics 15y ago
Less concerned about privacy. More concerned about what this sort of thing means to juries.
A lot of forensic "evidence" is not actually completely conclusive, but people seem to have a built-in notion of how solid, say, fingerprint and DNA analysis are. It's sometimes very hard to convince a jury that these things are not necessarily incriminating, which is very bad because on a surprisingly often basis they are not strong enough to warrant conviction.
Facial recognition is also not completely foolproof, and while I applaud the idea that we should leverage technology to catch criminals who would otherwise go free, I personally am not willing to do so at the cost of innocent convictions. I recommend proceeding down this path cautiously.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoOn the other hand, "CSI" has made juries expect hard scientific evidence of the sort presented on the show, which rarely if ever actually happens in real life. It's possible that juries will refuse to convict without a positive identification by this new system - which, like all projects, will probably be riddled with bugs, and be useless for awhile. On the gripping hand, you've got your false positives.