Meanwhile silicon valley companies like Palantir are actively feeding information to cops in my county who don't like me because I walk in the pride parade.
whos more dangerous to me right now.
Tell that to my former coworker in the U.S. government, that this happened to. I was the person who found out and reported it, and action was taken.
That changes the situation significantly.
Can you prove this?
This being used to persecute minorities? IMO, nobody needs to prove this, we can assume it will happen.
Why? Because world governments will always push the envelope to the furthest amount legally. Any tool that can be used for evil, will be used for evil. If you have a database of faces it's only a matter of time before that is used for some sort of profiling.
Don't believe me? Look no further than War. Any invention, in all of human history, that can be used for war, has been used for war. We will develop new and innovative ways to use it. Vehicles, planes, trucks, trains, telephony, electricity, the printing press, the internet, anything and everything.