I think they mean black people.
Kansas City Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition on Buses
12 hours ago by Nobody_Special to c/technology
Dispassionate 37 points 12 hours ago
Somecall_metim 31 points 12 hours ago
those in power need to keep their eyes on the poor I guess. Wouldn't want to rising up and demanding something now would we?
MonkderVierte 5 points 9 hours ago
They fear you, the common people. They need to cope.
abbadon420 4 points 10 hours ago
It'd only be fair to install facial recognition on cars as well.
Oh wait, you already have Palintir posts on every corner? Go ahead than.
eyelevel 2 points 4 hours ago
Facial recognition on cars incoming...
antbricks 1 point 9 hours ago
I don't know if this is the right solution, but a big reason I stopped bringing my family on city buses was because of belligerant personalities making things stressful/scary as fuck on 3 out of my 4 last rides (and less frequently but still really dangerous experiences before that) The frequency was just getting too high and I hit my limit.
Hopefully I just had really shit luck, but if it can happen to me, it can happen to others, and I really want public transit to work.
But all it takes is a system that can't prevent a few rotten apples from spoiling it for everyone else.
theparadox 11 points 6 hours ago
I would be absolutely shocked if these cameras had any actual impact on these kinds of experiences. They're more likely to use it to track "ANTIFA terrorists" (aka, progressives) with it than improve the quality of your business ride.
baggachipz 2 points 3 hours ago
And “dangerous urban youths”
theparadox 2 points 2 hours ago
Obviously their part of BLM... because... you know ...and that's basically ANTIFA!
FlashMobOfOne 2 points 4 hours ago
As a regular public trans rider here in KC, I keep my head on a swivel. I've ridden for years and have only had two dangerous close encounters with homeless people, but as some have said, it's unlikely surveillance will do much to change it. You're probably more likely, statistically, to run into danger driving or riding in a car.
It's security theatre and the footage is probably being sold to train someone's AI model and sent to the fed without a warrant to tag to the profile they have on you.
That said, I carry a stungun for my personal defense, but I 100% would not use public trans habitually without some means of self defense.
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Somewhat skeptical the criminal element is a big user of public transportation.
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