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    1. Reading the Clearview AI face recognition story by @kashhill nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html reminds me of this I wrote 6 years ago about DHS funding research to make face recognition in crowds workable, in which researcher said 5+ years off but coming, and nytimes.com/2013/08/21/us/facial-scanning-is-making-gains-in-surveillance.html /1
  1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
    @kashhill This piece I wrote at the Boston Globe 12+ years ago about post-9/11 DHS grants to local police making surveillance in public spaces more pervasive archive.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/08/12/us_doles_out_millions_for_street_cameras/ Conclusion: I am old.