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by Shivetya 2618 days ago
Well I blame Apple for this. Why? Because they obviously had video of the real thief and there is no excuse that they could not have compared the results of the two before notifying the police let alone have the system immediately of facial recognition know they aren't the same people visually.

If anything I want to know, does the store record anything outside its physical interior? What is the retention of this data. What is the process and safeguards before a situation like what just happened? Who makes the final decision? Are your images tagged each time you use your ID for any engagement within the store? Heck, do they even post notices they do this?

For a company that touts privacy they really blew it and in a spectacular way
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nerdbeere 2618 days ago
> Well I blame Apple for this.

Sure, they made mistakes there. But I also blame the police here. They shouldn't blindly act on accusations just because they came from big corporation.

> For a company that touts privacy they really blew it and in a spectacular way

Exactly! It's a little sad to see that they blew it like this. With their focus on privacy they really have something that separates them from google. I'm curious how they will react to this.

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zimpenfish 2618 days ago
> Because they obviously had video of the real thief and there is no excuse that they could not have compared the results of the two

I've probably missed something in the article but where does it say anything about them having pictures of the wrongly accused that were supplied to the police? The police had an arrest warrant -with the wrong* picture- on it. They didn't have an arrest warrant with -his- picture on it.

* wrong as in it was the thief, not the person the police actually (wrongly) arrested.

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sigzero 2618 days ago
> Because they obviously had video of the real thief and there is no excuse that they could not have compared the results of the two before notifying the police

That isn't Apple's job to do at all. It's for the police to do. They had a no picture ID and video and they gave BOTH to the police. Apple's job is done. The police failed to follow up properly.

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