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• Maybe they should vote Democrat (Score:2)

  by Tailhook ( 98486 ) writes:

  If it wasn’t for the huge number of white Republicans running everything in Detroit I’m sure this could have been prevented.
• • Re: (Score:2)

    by ewibble ( 1655195 ) writes:

    Also wouldn’t you look at the photo of the person and the actual person and say “no it’s not them”? Or are police really that stupid as to believe what they see on TV and movies as accurate, even when they keep getting false matches.

    If so I suggest the exposing themselves to radio active waste, to get super powers. Really DON’T, it was a sarcasm, you will die, I don’t want anyone to die or take my statement as a serious suggestion that they or someone should. My favorite clip illustrating this is https://ww [youtube.com]
• Antidotal evidence? (Score:2)

  by bobbied ( 2522392 ) writes:

  If we were just to use the technology by itself, to identify someone, I would say 96 percent of the time it would misidentify.

  Sir, If you have to actually do work to verify that the software is correct, I don’t see a problem with your process. You SHOULD be manually checking the software’s results before you start rounding up the usual suspects and hauling them off to jail because YOU are going to be liable for the wrongful arrest suits, not the computer. Yea the software seems to be less than marginally helpful, but that’s between you and the vender you purchased it from and you should take that up with them. My guess is that

  • Re: (Score:1)

    by egyas ( 1364223 ) writes:

    ANY software, I don’t care what it is, that produces an inaccurate result 90%+ of the time, is simply worthless IMO. Would you accept a calculator that gives you the wrong answer 90%+ of the time, that you have to verify? Or an online encyclopedia? WebMD? etc, etc.

    I sure as hell wouldn’t.
• Wow..Evidence all black people look alike , rofl (Score:1)

  by rookiebeotch ( 6202512 ) writes:

  Too Funny. Bazinga
• And? (Score:2)

  by Kisai ( 213879 ) writes:

  And the reason why they use it at all is?

  Facial recognition is really only good for identifying white people, and not just any white people, white men with short hair (since men rarely change their hair style.) Facial recognition is only good about picking out unique features, and since white skin will show every scar, mole, tattoo or skin imperfection it makes it easy to identify one white person from another.

  People who have tattoos anywhere near their face are easily identified, it doesn’t need to be faci
• Tool (Score:2)

  by unixcorn ( 120825 ) writes:

  I had some preconceived notions before reading the article based on the title and summary. However, after reading, I can see that the facial recognition software is not an end-all. It’s simply a tool for detectives to use while working on cases. They know the failure percentages, but the daily reporting, which is digested by the media, makes it appear that people are instantaneously arrested if there is a match. That’s simply not the case.

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