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San Francisco has banned government and police use of face surveillance technology

Posted by Deimos
Tags: privacy, usa.ca.san francisco, facial recognition, surveillance, policing, government.local, author.nathan sheard, source.electronic frontier foundation, short read
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/san-francisco-takes-historic-step-forward-fight-privacy

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Title
San Francisco Takes a Historic Step Forward in the Fight for Privacy
Authors
Nathan Sheard
Published
May 15 2019
Word count
304 words

3 comments

  1. Algernon_Asimov
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    Does a city council have the legal power to enforce this ban? If a state or federal policing agency decided to set up cameras in San Francisco to conduct real-time surveillance of San Franciscans...

    Does a city council have the legal power to enforce this ban? If a state or federal policing agency decided to set up cameras in San Francisco to conduct real-time surveillance of San Franciscans and perform facial recognition on them, could the city council do anything to stop that?

    EDIT: This isn't a rhetorical or leading question. I really want to know if a city council can block state or federal police from surveilling its residents.

    11 votes
  2. [2]
    floppy
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    Good, now there should also be legislation so that private companies can't abuse it either.

    Good, now there should also be legislation so that private companies can't abuse it either.

    4 votes
    1. meghan
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      this right here. this feels like a PR move so that they can still get away with contracting it out

      this right here. this feels like a PR move so that they can still get away with contracting it out

      1 vote