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State Photo-ID Databases Become Troves for Police (411 hits)

June 17, 2013 "Information Clearing House - "Washington Post" --- The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in a wide range of criminal investigations....Please click the link below.

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Posted By: Earl Brown
Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 4:43PM
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..."Facial-recognition systems are more pervasive and can be deployed remotely, without subjects knowing that their faces have been captured. Today’s driver’s-
license databases, which also include millions of images of people who get non-driver ID cards to open bank accounts or board airplanes, typically were made available for police searches with little public notice."...

This is really disturbing to me. I don't think we should allow this continued invasion of privacy to go on without saying or doing anything about it! I'm beginning to understand Snowden more and the real motives to why he blew the whistle on the CIA. Hey in the same article at the link you posted, was this information:

..."The Supreme Court’s approval this month of DNA collection during arrests coincides with rising use of that technology as well, with suspects in some cases submitting to tests that put their genetic details in official databases, even if they are never convicted of a crime..."

Avoid being arrested at all cost....even peaceful demonstrations. I say do any protesting on line with petitions or do paper petitions! Get on the phone to your Senators and Representative ASAP!

Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 10:25AM
Jen Fad

Here's a good petition

"It's Time To End The Secret Surveillance State"

https://www.aclu.org/secure/repeal-the-sur...

Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 10:26AM
Jen Fad