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    Does Facial Recognition Technology Threaten Your Privacy?

    Fingerprints for identifying suspects is old news.  Now the US Supreme Court says law enforcement can make databases that include DNA. Another advancing technology is raising familiar questions about the expectation of privacy. Thirty-seven states are putting drivers' license photographs into databases that use facial-recognition technology.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Fingerprints for identifying suspects is old news. Now the US Supreme Court says law enforcement can make databases that include DNA. Another advancing technology is raising familiar questions about the expectation of privacy. Thirty-seven states are putting drivers' license photographs into databases that use facial-recognition technology. That's according to a study by the Washington Post. We here more from reporter Craig Timberg and from Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.

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      Warren Olney

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      KCRW

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Craig Timberg

      Washington Post

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      Jay Stanley

      American Civil Liberties Union

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    Massive Economic Protests as Brazil Readies for World Cup
    1. 0:00Obama in Berlin
    2. 8:02Massive Economic Protests as Brazil Readies for World Cup
    3. 41:29Does Facial Recognition Technology Threaten Your Privacy?You’re reading this
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