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by tolbish 1802 days ago
> A colleague of yours in the precinct is walking over and sees the picture on your screen. "Wait a minute, that face looks familiar." He goes to the database and indeed sees a face that looks close enough. Now what is the next step?

That depends on if the goal of those using the technology is arriving at the truth or if the goal is naming a suspect who you can reliably stick a guilty verdict on.