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The Vadodara city police is set to adapt the controversial Clear View AI app, which has recently received much flak for its apparent breach of privacy of social media users. The app, which claims to assist several law enforcement agencies across the world by giving them access to a large database of persons to find their suspects, is in consideration of the state’s home department for implementation across Gujarat with Vadodara being chosen for a pilot study.
Commissioner of police Anupam Singh Gahlaut said that the home department has decided to try the application for its utility in identifying and finding suspects in crime cases as well as for complaints related to missing persons.
The Vadodara police is currently in the process of changing CCTV cameras across the city under the Smart city project. The old CCTV cameras, which were rented by the police department from a private company have been taken down. According to Gahlaut, when the new cameras are up in a week’s time, the pilot project of the clear view app will also begin. “We are in a very early stage of bringing in this App and understanding how it will work. It will definitely help in crime detection to a great extent,” he said.
Other police departments in the country also use similar apps for crime suspect detections. Clear view app uses the public photos of social media users to pull out searches for law enforcing agencies looking to nab their suspects.
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