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cypherpunks01

Explanation given for why this is not a threat to civil liberties is:

resolution is limited to "one pixel per person"!

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Wait for it... wait for it... 5 years and it will be 30px x 30px per person.

You mean 30x30Mp?

1x1px is enough to track person.

30x30px is enough to run face detection and recognition.

Can't see how 30x30Mpx would be useful? To see what products they is holding in a basket probably. They would be interested in your pressure cooker probably.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-polic...

It's a foot in the door.

1px is all you need: the article cites instances where they track a pixel to a ground-based camera to get a higher res image.

Classic social engineering tactic.

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