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In São Paulo, ‘Big Brother’ is watching, with 25,000 cameras and facial recognition technology (english.elpais.com)

submitted 3 days ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MRLimcon@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

He says that, having already adopted the first two, he tackled the third: “When I have the Red Command, Amigos de Amigos (ADA), the PCC here…” he sighs, listing powerful organized crime groups, “as well as a situation in which a huge number of fugitives are roaming the city with impunity, it’s impossible for the police to be arresting everyone. The only way to remove them from circulation to protect society — and place them where [the justice system] has decided they should be — is through technology.”

Funny how a person that's alledgedly related to PCC (organized crime) complains about them.