"All I'm discussing is private individuals gaining that similar power over criminals and government spooks"

Look, what I am saying is that outside of using FR at huge outdoor events like football games or concerts to keep people safe there has always been a huge outcry for it's use by government. We have something less evasive then that here where cops can scan license plates as they are driving by them and in most locations across the country there is no requirement that these law enforcement agencies erase data that is collected on the whereabouts of innocent people, the technology is used to find people with warrants, outstanding tickets and other various civil infractions...but what gives them a right to store data of the whereabouts of innocent people? Things like this isn't just a concern for me but for many others who protested until our city commission came up with policies geared toward the erasure of data that didn't get any hits. What you fail to see though is is that Americans don't want this and the government knows it, letting private entities install this technology is a round about way for the government to implement the system that one day they will be able to use or even hack into to use. So lets go back to my sister again, lets say, as they have done here a few years ago with strip joints whereas they said woman no longer can go topless, that the government or a city government says it will be against the law for anyone to do such on a computer...so if FR becomes wide spread and unregulated law enforcement trackers can match up her profile using FR and put her on a hit list to watch for....all because she done something before that was legal. Granted the use of these systems do catch criminals but they can be used to track the whereabouts of innocent people, or what anyone is up to given that matter, anything...opening this can of worms gives the government/law enforcement the right to go back and track your every movement for years and could even be used in nefarious ways if all of a sudden a cop or someone who works for the government decides they don't like you, they could make your life a living hell. The same holds true of private individuals who'd want to do the same thing if this snowballed and I think it will snowball because the government wants it to. What about domestic abuse victims who move to hide from an abuser, they could get the technology and use it also, what you see as a positive to keep a minute portion of the population in check could end up hurting many more people down the line. It is not our job to stop or instill fear into people from doing the things they chose to do by humiliating and outing them as the hookers in the article, that's law enforcement's job if they are breaking the law it shouldn't be used as a vigilante type tool, once you open that can of worms there is no going back.