<story><title>RCMP denied using facial recognition technology, then said it had been using it</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/clearview-ai-rcmp-facial-recognition-1.5482266</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yycboy</author><text>The Calgary Police uses Peter Thiel&amp;#x27;s data-mining company Palantir. At political events such as protests, town halls, meet and greets, you can see members of the Calgary police walking through parking lots near by and taking pictures of license plates. With the license plate numbers, they can identify someone&amp;#x27;s name and use it to find out current address, family relationships, bank accounts, and more if it is in their database.&lt;p&gt;Read more:
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<story><title>RCMP denied using facial recognition technology, then said it had been using it</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/clearview-ai-rcmp-facial-recognition-1.5482266</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>coldcode</author><text>Apparently lying about something and then admitted it (with no consequences) is a popular theme these days.</text></comment>