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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | Leaked records reveal what appears to be the first known instance of a police department attempting to use faci... (www.wired.com)
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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | Leaked records reveal what appears to be the first known instance of a police department attempting to use faci...::Police around the US say they're justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 9 months ago (5 children)

“As long as we can pin it on someone…”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

They just look for anything to make the case... Ruining lives. It's so dystopian and sad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Been the someone. It's shit. ACAB.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Police metrics are governed by clearance stats, and pinning a crime on someone is enough for a case to count as "solved". If it goes to court, that's all they need, and it doesn't matter if the suspect is found guilty.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Just so very dumb.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There's no way this would have been admissable as evidence on its own.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Heh, you wish. All it takes is one corrupt judge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Well they do have a DNA of a suspect. It may be enough to get court order of DNA extraction of a subject. And matching DNA is definitely enough to get someone behind bars.