Big Brother Tampa

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How about some big brother to start your morning? The city of Tampa has just started using cameras all over down town which will grab images of your face and compare it against their criminal database. Thanks Quagmire

European cities and U.S government offices, casinos and banks are already using the so-called face-printing system, but Tampa is the first American city to install a permanent system along public streets, The Tampa Tribune reported Sunday. [...] "Tampa is really leading the pack here," said Frances Zelazny, a spokeswoman for Visionics Corp., which produces the "FaceIt" software. The software has raised concerns over privacy, ethics and government intrusion.

I guess I'm some kind of fruit but this really doesnt bother me much. But then you get to thinking about all the ways this system would be abused and it gets scary...

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