FC: Florida protestors mock face recognition cameras by donning masks

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Other surveillcam news:

Floridians Mock Cop Cams
Jul. 16, 2001 10:45 ET
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,45270,00.html

Masked protesters fight face scans
Jul. 15, 2001 05:42 ET
http://www.sptimes.com/News/071501/TampaBay/Masked_protesters_fig.shtml

Police cameras worrying watchdogs
Jul. 15, 2001 05:19 ET
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/page1/967535

Approval of facial mapping reviewed
Jul. 15, 2001 05:04 ET
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E68514,00.html

The Tampa Bay Business Journal editorial
http://tampabay.bcentral.com/tampabay/stories/2001/07/16/editorial2.html?t=printable

Of course, some cities, perhaps even many, have anti-mask laws.

-Declan

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:06:59 -0400
To: declan () well com
From: Neil Schwartzman <neil () petemoss com>
Subject: FYI - Floridian's Finger Cameras

Thought you might like this tidbit.

Floridans protest street cameras
Wearing masks and making obscene gestures at police cameras, about 100 
people protested a new security system that scans faces in the city's 
crime-ridden nightlife district to search for wanted persons.
http://breakingnews.scmp.com/NLet/NLet.asp?Sec=technology&SSec=leinews&Id=ZZZZWR2J4PC

--
Neil Schwartzman
Pete Moss Publications,
Industry & Trade Journals
<http://www.petemoss.com>
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