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I find the idea that the Federal authorities don't already have the technology and infrastructure necessary themselves somewhat laughable / unbelievable. Am I w

I find the idea that the Federal authorities don't already have the technology and infrastructure necessary themselves somewhat laughable / unbelievable. Am I way off base here?

wavesounds 14y ago
They probably have the facial recognition tech, but they probably dont have the Web stuff setup so people can just drag and drop their pics to a service that automatically sorts through them and stores them intelligently. Heck, Google/FB probably wouldn't even have to ask people to upload photos they could just ask them if they can use the photos they've already uploaded. Heck, they probably wouldn't even need to ask. Heck, they are probably doing this for the FBI already and not telling anyone :-/ EDIT: Apparently you can email your photos to the FBI if anyone reading this has anything they think is useful: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
danso 14y ago
Yes you are. Have you been to a police station lately, like as a witness or a victim, and have had your information processed? Here's a very telling example that happened a few weeks ago in NYC, with arguably the most advanced police force in the nation (NYPD). A woman was violently beaten and robbed in a subway station. The mugger was wearing a fraternity jacket with his nickname that, if you entered it into Facebook, you would've found his public facebook page full of photos of him wearing that jacket. The police took a month to release this brutal video. It took commenters on Gawker, of all places, to doxx this guy on Facebook, who ended up getting charged with the crime. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=9053236 http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators... Do not assume anything about the technological capability of law enforcement.
- Evbn 14y ago
  You are conflating level of interest with technological capabilities.
  - danso 14y ago
    No, I'm not. Violent muggings are not a backlog type of crime for the NYPD because they do not want a serial robber running around. You're right that high-profile crimes will bring in new technology and capabilities, but if the infrastructure isn't there (i.e. the tech skills of the officers in the field and in the office), then it's not a given that the processing of mass digital information is going to be smooth.

I find the idea that the Federal authorities don't already have the technology and infrastructure necessary themselves somewhat laughable / unbelievable. Am I way off base here?

wavesounds 14y ago

They probably have the facial recognition tech, but they probably dont have the Web stuff setup so people can just drag and drop their pics to a service that automatically sorts through them and stores them intelligently. Heck, Google/FB probably wouldn't even have to ask people to upload photos they could just ask them if they can use the photos they've already uploaded. Heck, they probably wouldn't even need to ask. Heck, they are probably doing this for the FBI already and not telling anyone :-/ EDIT: Apparently you can email your photos to the FBI if anyone reading this has anything they think is useful: Boston@ic.fbi.gov

danso 14y ago

Yes you are. Have you been to a police station lately, like as a witness or a victim, and have had your information processed? Here's a very telling example that happened a few weeks ago in NYC, with arguably the most advanced police force in the nation (NYPD). A woman was violently beaten and robbed in a subway station. The mugger was wearing a fraternity jacket with his nickname that, if you entered it into Facebook, you would've found his public facebook page full of photos of him wearing that jacket. The police took a month to release this brutal video. It took commenters on Gawker, of all places, to doxx this guy on Facebook, who ended up getting charged with the crime. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=9053236 http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators... Do not assume anything about the technological capability of law enforcement.

Evbn 14y ago
You are conflating level of interest with technological capabilities.
- danso 14y ago
  No, I'm not. Violent muggings are not a backlog type of crime for the NYPD because they do not want a serial robber running around. You're right that high-profile crimes will bring in new technology and capabilities, but if the infrastructure isn't there (i.e. the tech skills of the officers in the field and in the office), then it's not a given that the processing of mass digital information is going to be smooth.