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• On the post: Minneapolis, Minnesota Becomes The Latest Major City To Pass A Facial Recognition Ban

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2021 @ 02:29pm

  Hit rates

  So what it there is inaccuracy? Use it like it should be used, as a tool. It provides matches for a human to compare. It narrows 1,000s of subjects down to 10s.

  If you want perfect accuracy, lets get rid of eyewitness identification because it is less reliable than DNA

• On the post: Parole Violator Who Raided Senate Building Sold Out By The GPS Unit Attached To Him For Previous Parole Violations

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2021 @ 12:08pm

  Please call it, "the peak of January 6th"

  Maybe, they will take it as a challenge.

• On the post: After Being Notified Of Info It Should Have Already Been Aware Of, LAPD Bans Clearview Use By Investigators

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2020 @ 08:56am

  What is the problem with facial recognition?

  I don't see the problem with facial recognition, if used correctly. Sure, it is not perfect, but properly it can be used to narrow the field.

  If you need perfection for the officer/detective to actually look at the picture/video of the crime and the photo(s) of suspects, then this eliminates line-ups, show-ups, 6-packs, sketches, and eye-witnesses because they are not perfect either.
  In the case of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams, where it was clear he did not look like the photo, it is the police who did not bother getting his DMV photo or prior booking photos (if there was one available) and using their eyes to see if there was a match. If there was a match, then when they see him in person, see if there is a match.

• On the post: Texas Cops Engage In Millions Of Roadside Searches, Find Nothing Illegal 80 Percent Of The Time

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2020 @ 05:14pm

  How good are instincts?

  I am surprised that some defense attorney did not look into the percentage of arrests that resulted from the instincts as an issue on the validity of the cop's instincts.

  Do that both for the cop and the entire department.

• On the post: UK Tribunal To Decide Whether Gov't Agencies Can Continue To Pretend There's A Residency Requirement For FOI Requests

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2020 @ 09:11am

  I don't see the problem with the use.

  What is the problem here? These wrongful arrests due to faulty facial recognition is not the fault of the facial recognition. Especially when the identification is prefixed with “[t]his document is not a positive identification” “It is an investigative lead only and is not probable cause for arrest.”

  Whose fault is it if the cop only goes off the computer match instead of If the cop(s) are stupid enough to not look at the photo?

• On the post: Colorado Government Dumps Qualified Immunity For Cops

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2020 @ 04:44pm

  Re: judgment proof

  there are always way to 'hide' money and property.

• On the post: Colorado Government Dumps Qualified Immunity For Cops

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2020 @ 04:45pm

  Feds

  It still does not let the Feds off the hook.

• On the post: Facial Recognition Software Finally Gets Around To Getting An Innocent Person Arrested

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2020 @ 05:50pm

  Lets just blame the computer, not the idiots.

  In another article on the subject, it had stated that the poor quality photo was clearly not Williams. What happened to the officer to looked at the computer image and the 'matched.' The rent-a-cop from the store matched the image too.

  Blame the GPS when the guy following the GPS drives off of a cliff, ignoring all the "ROAD CLOSED" signs.

• On the post: 'Smart' Home Platform Wink Changes The Deal, Suddenly Imposes Subscription Fees

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 13 May, 2020 @ 09:06am

  Demand a refund!

  Their agreement with the purchaser was to provide the product and the service for free with the price of the product.

  Even if their shrinkwrap contract limits the terms to the contract to the shrinkwrap contract, then you can make a claim of unfair business practices and advertising fraud which usually contains a fee shifting and multiple damages.

• On the post: Australia Gives Up Any Pretense: Pushes Straight Up Tax On Facebook & Google To Pay News Orgs

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2020 @ 04:41pm

  Nuclear option.

  Didn't Google exercise the nuclear option when Spain demanded the same thing? Then the Spanish newspapers complained that Google was not doing what the Spanish newspapers were complaining about and those newspapers lost money as a result?

• On the post: Your Tax Dollars At Work: Cops Arguing They Thought A Small Envelope Might Have Contained A Weapon

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2020 @ 11:42am

  Stop giving the cops a hard time.

  There could have been a weapon in that envelope. It could have been adrenalizine. It could have been a large splinter from a very powerful magic wand. It could have been one of the Infinity stones.

  I learned about those things in the historical archives.

• On the post: Ninth Circuit Says Man Can't Sue Officers Who Destroyed His Home To Capture An Unarmed Homeless Man

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2020 @ 11:50am

  Hard to believe

  I'd expect that response if the homeless guy if he had broken into a Krispy Kreme. The police actually enforcing laws against homeless when it is not inconveniencing officers? Some police would argue it's the homeowners fault, by having a nice home and not giving one to the homeless guy, he encouraged the homeless guy to break in because of the inequity.

  Maybe Fresno is different. In other cities in California, I had the police refuse to arrest homeless trespassers who returned on multiple occasions. The police refuse to do anything when the homeless build an encampment on the sidewalk and put up handwritten signs saying, "Sidewalk closed, Sorry."

• On the post: Virginia Court Reaffirms The Right To Give Cops The Finger

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2020 @ 02:58pm

  time in jail?

  "Although Coleman had taken Clark’s driver’s license, another deputy returned it to him, and Clark was permitted to leave after approximately 10 – 20 minutes. Neither Clark nor his sister were cited for any crime or traffic infraction." I don't believe that Clark spent any time in jail, or at least according to the appeals court.

• On the post: Virginia Court Reaffirms The Right To Give Cops The Finger

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2020 @ 02:55pm

  Not well settled

  The jury bought the bullshit that only someone who is drunk or mentally ill would flip-off an officer. Didn't they charge him for PUI? Passenger under the influence.

• On the post: Home Owners Association Threatens Residents With Lawsuit For Online Criticism

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2020 @ 08:08pm

  upheld by courts?

  Actually, no. The way that an HOA is enforceable as a real covenant. A real covenant must touch or concern the land. Speech about the HOA board members do not.

• On the post: Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging Copyright Infringement

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2019 @ 12:06am

  Uncle Ben.

  Yes, Uncle Ben. I agree it was an asshole move for them to do this. The law can be an ass. Just look at Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318, where a woman was arrested for a seat belt violation which only provides for a fine. And Flash deserved it.

• On the post: Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging Copyright Infringement

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2019 @ 11:58pm

  Re: Re: I am not that sympathetic.

  I am not saying that the contracts are written like that. Contract law 101, offer, acceptance, consideration = formation of contract. In exchange for giving up the copyright to his article, he gets it published and reviewed, seems like valid consideration. Whether this is fair or not is another story. What stops someone from doing this on their own web site? What stops authors from demanding the right to place a copy of their own articles on their own web sites as a condition? Of course the publication may object and refuse to publish. That is the cost of having being published for review.

• On the post: Just Another Day In Academic Publishing: Professor Posts His Own Article On His Own Website, Gets Takedown Notice Alleging Copyright Infringement

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2019 @ 03:11pm

  I am not that sympathetic.

  If I assign my copyright to someone else, be it for pay or just to have my name in a public place, it now belongs to someone else. Now, it is easy to get the information out.

  As a condition, I can retain some rights, but I failed to do so.

• On the post: Lawsuit: School Strip-Searched An 8-Year-Old Because Someone Found Feces On A Bathroom Floor

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2019 @ 11:56pm

  Where was this?

  Angel Beach Florida? Are you sure it was not Miss Balbricker just looking for a mole on someone's tallywhacker?

  This can't be real. It's too stupid.

  Why has there been no arrest for sexual assault on a child?

• On the post: Chuck Yeager Sues Airbus For Mentioning That Chuck Yeager Broke The Sound Barrier

  

  Bill Silverstein ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2019 @ 01:37pm

  When I first saw it.

  At first, I thought was a libel claim for Airbus accusing him for breaking the sound barrier.

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