• Re: UK man fined after avoiding facial recognition scanner on street

    From Pamela@pamela.uklegal@gmail.com to alt.privacy,,comp.security.misc,,uk.politics.misc on Sat Feb 16 13:49:45 2019
    From Newsgroup: comp.security.misc

    On 04:30 15 Feb 2019, "--Soccer4Life>>" <usasoccer16794@geocities.com>
    wrote:

    <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-cameras-t echnology-london-trial-met-police-face-cover-man-fined-a8756936.html>

    A man has been fined after refusing to be scanned by controversial
    facial recognition cameras being trialled by the Metropolitan Police.

    The force had put out a statement saying "anyone who declines to be
    scanned will not necessarily be viewed as suspicious". However,
    witnesses said several people were stopped after covering their faces or pulling up hoods.

    I suppose if we want Islamic terrorists not to hide their face behind a niqab or burka in public then we must also show our face.

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  • From William Unruh@unruh@invalid.ca to alt.privacy,comp.security.misc,uk.politics.misc on Sat Feb 16 21:47:06 2019
    From Newsgroup: comp.security.misc

    On 2019-02-16, Pamela <pamela.uklegal@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 04:30 15 Feb 2019, "--Soccer4Life>>" <usasoccer16794@geocities.com> wrote:

    <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/facial-recognition-cameras-t
    echnology-london-trial-met-police-face-cover-man-fined-a8756936.html>

    A man has been fined after refusing to be scanned by controversial
    facial recognition cameras being trialled by the Metropolitan Police.

    The force had put out a statement saying "anyone who declines to be
    scanned will not necessarily be viewed as suspicious". However,
    witnesses said several people were stopped after covering their faces or
    pulling up hoods.

    I suppose if we want Islamic terrorists not to hide their face behind a niqab
    or burka in public then we must also show our face.

    Since breasts and penises and pubes and knees differ between people, we
    should demand that everyone go around naked so we can identify them more easily. This business of people changing clothes from day to day (and
    even worse, hairstyles) also just has to stop. Sheesh.


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