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Whether it’s the kefiyyeh that they wear pulled over the face, which both hides the wearer and expresses his support for the killers of Hamas, or the other mask that they wear that has so many different names — ski-mask in the U.S., balaclavain the UK, cagoule in France, and passamontagna in Italy (this may be some sort of record: four widely-different names for the same article of clothing) — the brownshirts who have been stomping on American campuses want to be sure they will not be identified by the authorities as they unleash their physical and moral mayhem, harassing, and at times surrounding Jewish students so as to prevent them from leaving, all the while screaming anti-Israel slogans in their faces, or interrupting and trying to shut down Jewish professors in their classrooms, or entering campus buildings to paint pro-Hamas slogans on the walls, and even beating up janitorial staff who try to stop them — in one case, at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, a pro-Hamas group were vandalizing the building when one of the janitors tried to stop them. He was beaten so severely by the students that he had to be hospitalized for five days.
The pro-Hamas demonstrators on campuses across America who call for the destruction of Israel and its replacement by a 23rd Arab state (that is the meaning of “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free”), or calling for attacks on Jews worldwide (“Globalize the Intifada”) will now be unable to hide their identities by wearing masks, thanks to new facial recognition software developed by Israeli engineers. “Technology being used to identify, report student protesters for possible deportation,” Associated Press,
When a protester was caught on video in January at a New York rally against Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask and headscarf. But days later, photos of her entire face, along with her name and employer, were circulated online.
“Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!” a fledgling technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its facial-recognition tool had identified the woman despite the coverings.
She was anything but a lone target. The same software was also used to review images taken during months of pro-Palestinian marches at U.S. colleges. A right-wing Jewish group said some people identified with the tool were on a list of names it submitted to President Donald Trump’s administration, urging that they be deported in accordance with his call for the expulsion of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests.
Other pro-Israel groups have enlisted help from supporters on campuses, urging them to report foreign students who participated in protests against the war in Gaza to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups. And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign students worried that activism could jeopardize their legal status.
“It’s a very concerning practice. We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
Why shouldn’t people who have been the objects of harassment and hate on campus be allowed to help the government identify their tormentors? They are not replacing the administration’s efforts at surveillance, but only supplementing it, by supplying photos of campus demonstrators and in some cases, using the new facial-recognition software developed by an Israeii, Eliyahu Hawila, that allows a face to be seen despite attempts to cover it up with a keffiyeh or a ski-mask, balaclava, cagoule, or passamontagna.
Thanks Hugh !!! AI is powerful enough now so it should be doable.
Privacy is so 20th century. We can be unburdened by what has been.
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” – Ayn Rand
NEW AROMA RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY CAN IDENTIFY ISLAMIC FECES DESPITE THE MASKS❗
I believe that in the city of Paris if you own a dog you must register it with the city government. They then take a DNA sample of your dog. Whenever dog poop is found on the sidewalk they take a sample, test it for DNA, match it to the dog DNA files, identify the pooch, and send you a $500 dollar fine.
I wish they would do that in every city in the USA, I’m sick and tired of having to keep my eyes on the sidewalks. Although keeping my eyes on the sidewalks I’ve found money once in a while.
Ah yes, just what we need, some big state Objectivist whining about dog poop. Lets get those cats too.
Just keep your head down and keep looking for that nickel or two. That’s probably a fortune for you. I’m not surprised you hate dogs. Not surprising though. Maybe some day you will step in the actual sh*t instead of the verbal sh*t you manage to spew on a daily basis.
For God’s sake don’t get a dog. That would take some responsibility on your part. You would have to feed it.
Many years ago I remember a story about Glenn Gould on PBS. He was given a couple rabbits which he kept caged on his property. He forgot to feed them and of course they died. His fans thought that was just the cutest thing. After all he was a NY intellectual and an artiste. So he got a pass for being an idiot. BTW his recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations sucked, both versions. Funny how all of the critics demanded we had to love them………….because it was Glenn.
Glenn Gould was a Torontonian.
“And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign students worried that activism could jeopardize their legal status.”
Oh the poor little Muslim darlings. It’s really very simple foreign student douchbags. Don’t wear a effing keffiyah. Don’t hide your identity. You are here on a student visa. You are here to go to class and get some stupid degree in some stupid subject like Muslim Basket Weaving Through the Centuries. And when you graduate get the f^ck out and go home you P.O.S.
You not needed here. You are not wanted here. If you stop attending class like Mahmoud Khalil you automatically lose your student privileges. Deportation time.
Oh yeah, and American students who are caught aiding and abetting these foreign lowlifes and frauds should be arrested and jailed. But I guess that is too much to ask with all of the jerk off activist “judges” trying to undermine Trump.
They hide their faces like those Antifa and KKK do and as Reagan once said YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU STILL CANT HIDE
I have been shouting since Trump ‘s first Presidency that he should put out an EO banning all face masks. There is NO REASON why people should wear masks in public, other than to hide evil they perpetrate. 1 year mandatory prison first offence, 5 years for second offense.
That would stop 90% of vandalism and violent protests dead in it’s tracks.
DO IT DONALD !!!!
Rev. Roy………..<
The enemy judges will rule that the discovery of the faces violates the expectation of privacy on the part of even violent rioters.
There is no expectation of privacy when acting within the public space.