VA Police to Test Face Software
If you're a criminal [citizen], a runaway [citizen] or a terrorist [citizen], a day at the beach here may soon be anything but that. The city will become the second in the nation — Tampa, Fla., is the other — to employ facial-recognition software to assist police in identifying and catching criminals and missing persons. :: This AP report is submitted for your mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-18) files. :: The logic of the surveillance society suggests that by virtue of being in a public space, your right to privacy (to live without the fear of government interference with your pursuit of life, liberty and property) is forfeit. But, as our fascist friends will remind us, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Can we really say we live in a free society if the presumption of having nothing to hide can be challenged by the State at any time? You say you have nothing to hide, prove it. But, doesn't the burden of proof rest with the State? Are not citizens presumed innocent until proven guilty? But, I'm sure the State knows best. Citizens may be law abiding, but you never know, best to monitor them just in case. One question though, who watches the watchers?