[Genuine Realist]

Information technology is neutral - no matter what a society wants to do, it will do it faster and more effectively the more information it has at its disposal. If it wants to determine which of its citizens is exposed to a dangerous virus, it will do that better. If it wants to determine which of its citizens may have distant Jewish or African ancestry, it can do that as well. It's not the technology that makes a society racist. It's the social values.

1. Your argument seems to suggest that you think the government is more interested in using technology to stop the pandemic than it is in controlling (policing) Black and brown and poor communities. I disagree.

2. Information technology is not neutral. It can have bias built into it. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392...on-mistake

I say let's give everyone masks and stop inviting strangers to congregate indoors.

It is hardly surprising that facial recognition software would be subject at this stage in its development. The same thing happened with DNA databases early on. That does not alter the fact that it works to narrow the focus of investigations, thereby tending to exclude the innocent.

The balance of your post is political and I will not answer it here. If you want to discuss the realities of urban policing, post a topic on Thunderdome or the revived CEB. http://currenteventsboard.com/.

[Genuine Realist]

Information technology is neutral - no matter what a society wants to do, it will do it faster and more effectively the more information it has at its disposal. If it wants to determine which of its citizens is exposed to a dangerous virus, it will do that better. If it wants to determine which of its citizens may have distant Jewish or African ancestry, it can do that as well. It's not the technology that makes a society racist. It's the social values.

1. Your argument seems to suggest that you think the government is more interested in using technology to stop the pandemic than it is in controlling (policing) Black and brown and poor communities. I disagree.

2. Information technology is not neutral. It can have bias built into it. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882678392...on-mistake

I say let's give everyone masks and stop inviting strangers to congregate indoors.

It is hardly surprising that facial recognition software would be subject at this stage in its development. The same thing happened with DNA databases early on. That does not alter the fact that it works to narrow the focus of investigations, thereby tending to exclude the innocent.

The balance of your post is political and I will not answer it here. If you want to discuss the realities of urban policing, post a topic on Thunderdome or the revived CEB. http://currenteventsboard.com/.