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 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 5 months ago

‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

www.404media.co

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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

www.404media.co

 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 5 months ago
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A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
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    I’m miles away from AI, so this may be me talking out of my ass, but shouldn’t a smaller database (thousands) be more accurate than anything orders of magnitude larger?

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      You know, I honestly don’t know! That’s a good question

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