1 million riot photos sent to police

One interesting morsel of info also came to light. ICBC; the BC crown corporation that issues drivers licenses has come forward and offered its photos database and facial recognition technology to the Vancouver Police. Allowing them to ID the people in these 1 million photos if they have a BC drivers license or BC ID. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06/18/bc-icbc-rioters-id.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06...</a><p>As someone who lives in BC, I like the idea of getting these vandals, but it is also a little scary to have a tool like this. One of the first cases I've ever heard of.

I'm torn on this. On one hand, screw all the rioters. On the other hand, what exactly will they do with these pictures? The second shows a guy with his arm around his friend, holding a bottle of soda in the other hand. His face is uncovered, his friend's covered. Will he be brought in just for being in the vicinity? Who knows what kind of database is being built from these pictures and how some random picture might affect this guy's future when maybe he was just helping his friend.

Upload the photos to facebook.