Presentation state of surveillance. Im thuy vu. Last june, we learned the National Security agency has been collecting americans phone records and email for years. As a National Conversation continues about the federal governments access to private information, local Law Enforcement in california are experimenting with new crimefighting tools eyes on the street and in the skies feeding images to command centers. Amanda pike with the center for investigative reporting shows us some of the new technologies now being tested. Pike officer Rob Halverson of the Chula Vista Police department is testing a technology that could change how police fight crime. [ police radio chatter ] hes on a call to verify the identity of a woman just arrested for possession of narcotics. [ dog barks ] he doesnt need to ask her name or check her i. D. He just takes her picture. Halverson just look here, please. Pike his tablet uses facialrecognition software to find the suspects mug shot and criminal history. H
Presentation state of surveillance. Im thuy vu. Last june, we learned the National Security agency has been collecting americans phone records and email for years. As a National Conversation continues about the federal governments access to private information, local Law Enforcement in california are experimenting with new crimefighting tools eyes on the street and in the skies feeding images to command centers. Amanda pike with the center for investigative reporting shows us some of the new technologies now being tested. Pike officer Rob Halverson of the Chula Vista Police department is testing a technology that could change how police fight crime. [ police radio chatter ] hes on a call to verify the identity of a woman just arrested for possession of narcotics. [ dog barks ] he doesnt need to ask her name or check her i. D. He just takes her picture. Halverson just look here, please. Pike his tablet uses facialrecognition software to find the suspects mug shot and criminal history. H
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Google glass. The companys name is a verb you use several times a day without thinking about it. Now, google one ups facebook and buys the drugmaker, titan aerospace. It wants to bring it to their part of the world. They want to own the internet. They have the money to do it. Am i heading in the right direction with this or am i going too far with what google is trying to do . You are headed in the right direction. They want the world. They want the whole population. That is what would be behind facebook buying. They can collect a lot of data through these drones. All of these different applications that they have. It is definitely selfserving. Stuart we report almost every day on a new area that google is getting into. It seems like they are into just about everything and anything that is connected with the internet. They almost are the internet these days. Am i going too far with this . No. Not at all. The past error on. Era was really about mobility. Google is the front runner. Stua