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ktallett ◴[01 Nov 25 12:02 UTC] No.45780988[source]▶

Why exactly have ICE been given limitless power? Facial recognition is at best right more than half the time, but many studies have shown it to be consistently faulty leading to many wrong ID's. What is the point of a database with incorrect biometric data connected to a person?

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1. AlotOfReading ◴[01 Nov 25 12:58 UTC] No.45781294[source]▶

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    What is the point of a database with incorrect biometric data connected to a person?

Accuracy is irrelevant. Even if facial recognition as a technology was adequate, it certainly wouldn't be in whatever random lighting conditions are present in the real world after going through the image processing pipelines of inconsistent phone hardware.

The point is domination, and the app is simply one means to that end. They'd find another if they had to.

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