The cops object when their tools on turned on them

  • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
    801·
    2 months ago

    The AP article for those that don’t want to listen: https://apnews.com/article/raiders-nfl-vegas-police-allegiant-stadium-5239b9962c23a6512fa2f694add9b9ea

    The highlight for me is this:

    The Las Vegas Police Protective Association, with the backing of the department, said they are concerned such technology compromises the officers’ privacy.

    It’s worth noting they’re only doing this for workers, not for attendees. The police would presumably by fine with it if it were just attendees and not workers, because it wouldn’t include them.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      541·
      2 months ago

      Ok, good. I thought I was the only one who saw this connection. It’s not that the police are against facial recog or that they don’t want the NFL or anyone else to use it, it’s that they’re aware of the privacy degradation it causes, and don’t want themselves (the police workers of the event) subjected to it. It’s fine if we, the attendees, are subjected to it, just not them. Oh, what a world.

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
          8·
          2 months ago

          They forget that they are also the people, and all they’re doing is helping the corpos gain more power (make no mistake, the governments are a front for the corpos).

          • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
            7·
            2 months ago

            Yeah but they’re “special people,” not subject to the same rules as the peons, even though they’d be tossed aside for private security should shit go down. God dammit lol

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 months ago

            Front/right arm/all of one.

            I mean we had the Dutch East Indies Corp doing it’s thing 300 years ago. It’s not really new, and it’s frustrating people don’t see it.

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    58·
    2 months ago

    they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.

    The company is unaccountable‽
    That’s some projection.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    51·
    2 months ago

    Las Vegas police are refusing to comply with the NFL’s new plan to use facial recognition technology for stadium employees during games. Even though police often use facial recognition to identify suspects, they say giving their biometric data to an unaccountable company crosses a line.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    341·
    2 months ago

    Dear cops: Oh now we worry about unchecked power and lack of oversight in the deployment of surveillance technology? Please. May as well join the surveillance dystopia with the rest of us, you helped usher it in. Tell me again about your robot dogs and your Stingray devices why don’t you.

  • moreeni@lemm.ee
    181·
    2 months ago

    Every state wants a monopoly on violence. The more powerful the state, the less there are entities that could opress you except the state itself. So it’s not unexpected that the cops would object to have a “competitor” with facial recognition technology