Re: camera tech for crime prevention

Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Sat, 02 Oct 1999 07:46:44 -0700

mgraffam@idsi.net wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Spike Jones wrote:
>
> > Where Im going with this is: NO FEAR. Popular catch phrase
> > today. If you are not committing crimes, then no fear. You *want*
> > face rec instruments everywhere. If you *are* a violent criminal,
> > then yes, be afraid, be very afraid. The future may not be your
> > kinda place, but for the rest of us, face rec software is your friend.
> mgraffam@idsi.net wrote:
> Fuck that. You're insane.

Only mildly. {8^D

> Face rec, in and of itself as a technology
> is one thing -- putting that technology to use is another.

Perhaps I should not have introduced such a controversial topic on my way out the door for vacation. See ya in 2 weeks!

> Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism and a call for unity
> of the peoples against the great enemy of the human race: the United
> States of America.
> - Che Guevara "Message to the Tricontinental"

Sorry Che. The United States is the great friend of most of the human race. spike