Source: CA ACLU
[ACSOL is passing on this action alert because facial recognition can also be used against registrants. CA registrants and supporters, please take this fast and easy way to fight against this!]
AB 1814 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Do not be fooled.
This bill emboldens police to expand dangerous face surveillance, while writing into law the same failed rules that played a role in the wrongful arrests of innocent people, mostly Black men. If passed, it would effectively greenlight an invasive surveillance technology that is racist, unreliable, and anti-democratic.
AB 1814 would grease the wheels for even more harmful face surveillance which the government has used to target immigrants and intimidate activists. Face recognition also threatens the safety and privacy of people seeking reproductive and gender-affirming care.
AB 1814 invites foreseeable harm, particularly for the most vulnerable Californians [including registrants!]
This is scary. Is that face surveillance happening nationally?
Big Brother is watching!
This is another step in the pursuit of a Police State that see all, hears all, and knows ever single thing there is to know about… everyone! An inescapable surveillance State, constantly watching and waiting for you to provide them with sufficient reason to contact you.
What would that contact be… whatever they feel is warranted. Maybe just a friendly chat about your driving habits… all the way to SWAT Team kicking your door down and shoving assault rifles in the faces of all they find there. They will make the determination, you’ll find out what that is when they get there. 👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️
What will precipitate the “Need to contact”? They’ll make that determination as well, and again you’ll find out why when they get there.
Unlimited surveillance, used to justify unlimited demands for unlimited compliance. A world of terror, where any appearance of undesirable behavior, can result in a tsunami of cops crashing over you. That’s just the beginning.. it gets worse!
Once the contract enough people, and that contact leads to enough arrests, and this arrests produce enough convictions…. then they’ll know “What to look for” won’t they? They’ll be able to see the, “Warning signs”, that will make it impossible for anyone to hide what they’re really, “Up to”!
Now that they have everyone under constant video surveillance, just find the footage of people that were actually, “Up to something” and analyze it for, “Common traits”, then call those, “Warning signs”, that justify the Stop and Frisk!
By analysing footage of people engaging in Drug Dealing, they now know that…Drug Dealers keep their product in their pockets, and will retrieve them in advance of the actual transition. Thus, anyone that puts their hand in their pocket in a way that appears like they are retrieving something, is showing a clear “Warning Sign” of drug dealing, and may need to be Stopped and Searched.
Of course not all people that display this “Warning Sign” will need to be searched… just the ones that are “likely drug dealers”. Good thing they know who everybody is, all the time! That way the police won’t bother the kind of citizen that analysis has shown is unlikely to be… just the ones that are likely to be.
Big Brother won’t just see what you appear to be doing, Big Brother will know what are “Actually doing!” There will be no fooling Big Brother! No appearance of innocence will ever fool Big Brother! Big Brother will know exactly what you are “really doing”, and why… and what you are planning on doing too!
Yes, Big Brother will know everything you have in mind… all your plans will be obvious to Big Brother the moment Big Brother sees you! Why wait for you to begin your sinister plans… Big Brother will send Cops to stop you well in advance of the crimes Big Brother knows you were planning to commit, the moment you left your home!
Perhaps Big Brother will have the Cops arrest you at that moment… right in front of your home! You know for the stuff Big Brother knew you were going to do… later on. Maybe they don’t even wait for you to leave… now that Big Brother knows what you are planning… just get you while you’re still at home!
WAY AHEAD OF THE CRIME… hours ahead… days ahead… weeks, months, possibly even several years ahead of the crime!
With enough data to analyze, Big Brother may even be able to get decades ahead of all crimes that someone will commit… at some point… before they die. Analysis of surveillance videos of children that committed crimes as adults…hmmmmm.
Oh what a gloriously future we will have under the watchful eye of all seeing, all knowing, Big Brother.
I remember going to a concert a few weeks ago, and the entrance of the concert had face recognition cameras. I knew exactly what it the cameras were, but no mention of it or alternative entrance.
I was so paranoid the entire event, I couldn’t even enjoy it.. ruined my night and peaceful enjoyment.
I can only imagine what this would do to my nerves if passed.
Wow, I can’t believe what has happened to the Democratic party, once the bastion of civil rights for the downtrodden, now the purveyors of the police state. CA, a state dominated by the most liberal and progressive government implementing all this surveillance and monitoring technology. Frightening, but I don’t think it originates here, I think these are from higher up.
” Someone’s watching you.” the government can’t keep their police state tactics where they belong in science fiction books. What happens if Facial Recognition gets a hit and it happens to be the wrong twin? Doubt the government or news would apologize for ruining lives. Bad bill needs to be destroyed and all those who vote for this need to be fired in November
Time to shelve this little idea…
Around 80% of the persons forced to register that i ran across were white this again has absolutely nothing to do with race it has everything to do with constitutional violations and government overstepping boundaries per usual skin colour doesn’t matter ever the only thing that matters is if someone is an America citizen if so then they have a constitutional right to privacy especially on tax payer funded sidewalks roads etc