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[โ€“] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 4 months ago

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Click here to see the summaryAs cities and states push to restrict the use of facial recognition technologies, some police departments have quietly found a way to keep using the controversial tools: asking for help from other law enforcement agencies that still have access.

Officers in Austin and San Francisco โ€” two of the largest cities where police are banned from using the technology โ€” have repeatedly asked police in neighboring towns to run photos of criminal suspects through their facial recognition programs, according to a Washington Post review of police documents.


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