FBI Reportedly Harvesting Publicly Available "Weapon" Info (using AI to ID guns)

[The Heretic]

An Official Journal Of The NRA | FBI Reportedly Harvesting Publicly Available "Weapon" Info

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is initiating Project Tyr, an effort to employ Amazon’s artificial intelligence-driven Rekognition cloud service to identify firearms—among other things—and the people associated with them.

www.americanrifleman.org

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[Andy54Hawken]

Interesting ....Tyr was the Norse God of War...the Anglo-Saxons and Germans knew him as Tiw....
Which eventually became the name of the day ,Tuesday.

Not surprised.
Also if it is true....it still won't stop me from posting pictures and talking about my firearms.

Owning firearms is not a crime...nor should firearm owners be treated like criminals.
Andy

 

[DB is Here]

Article states it'll be used to go after Felons that post pics with or stating ownership of gun(s).

What could go wrong, we all all trust the alphabet groups…

 

[Dartor]

The FBI would never do anything against our constitutional rights.....right? Lol

 

[Certaindeaf]

In the land of treadmill shrimp, do as the treadmill shrimp do.

 

[TTSX]

Treadmill shrimp are real.

 

[The Heretic]

Article states it'll be used to go after Felons that post pics with or stating ownership of gun(s).

What could go wrong, we all all trust the alphabet groups…

As far as the gov is concerned, we all may or may not be felons, or criminals who could be felons. Since a "felon" is someone who is convicted of a felony, I doubt they (FBI or DOJ or ATF, et. al.) are constraining their search efforts to felons only. I am sure they would love to catch a non-felon with an unregistered NFA firearm.

 

[AshWilliams]

For those that didn't read the entire article there's a good link imbedded near the end maintained by the EFF: https://atlasofsurveillance.org

I subscribe to EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) communications and donate a little as I'm able as they fight the good fight in an attempt to stem the surveillance state and maintain a free and open internet. Unfortunately at this point it's analogous to putting your finger in the crack in the dam getting ready to break.

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[MTpockets]

I just picked up this one from a guy with a funny accent... goes by the name of Viktor D. Merchant...

Might put a vertical grip and a light on it...maybe stipple the side-stick.

Edit to add: I probably should have blurred out my face...

 

[Koda]

Suddenly everyone who didnt register their guns becomes a criminal...

 

[nammac]

Suddenly everyone who didnt register their guns becomes a criminal...

^^^This is most likely how the information would be used against gun owners….

Looking for existing felons in possession of firearms….

 

[shoengine]

This of course could be used against law abiding citizens, but I'm totally good with individuals that are prohibited from having weapons and stupid enough to post themselves with weapons being held accountable.

 

[fredball]

What we currently have with regards to alphabet soup Gubberment agencies is Corruption on a massive scale

Zero oversight from the top down Corruption in every Dept.

Just shut a hell up and pay your taxes subjects we do as we please

 

[The Heretic]

This of course could be used against law abiding citizens, but I'm totally good with individuals that are prohibited from having weapons and stupid enough to post themselves with weapons being held accountable.

And probably way down on their list of targets.

 

[trekkerpaul]

maybe we should all get AI to generate fake NFA pics to flood the internet. Give the alphabet boys something to do.

 

[SCARed]

What we currently have with regards to alphabet soup Gubberment agencies is Corruption on a massive scale

Zero oversight from the top down Corruption in every Dept.

Just shut a hell up and pay your taxes subjects we do as we please

When there's corruption from the top down, it's unlikely anything would be done anyway.

I just re-watched Man in the High Castle, sadly I don't think we are too far away from some of whats portrayed of the American Reich.

 

[Dozer99]

Just shut a hell up and pay your taxes subjects! We do as we please.

True statement of the day!

 

[DunRanull]

An Official Journal Of The NRA | FBI Reportedly Harvesting Publicly Available "Weapon" Info

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is initiating Project Tyr, an effort to employ Amazon’s artificial intelligence-driven Rekognition cloud service to identify firearms—among other things—and the people associated with them.

www.americanrifleman.org

This certainly isn't surprising- I'm sure that every comment we make here and on other fora are combed for references to firearms we might own, along with political comments, to be put in a data-base file to ID gun owners, firearms owned, and possible political "radicalism".

 

[Diamondback]

I'll trust th FBI or any other Alphabet Soup when I see them do the honorable thing and perform seppuku.

 

[Bushman]

This of course could be used against law abiding citizens, but I'm totally good with individuals that are prohibited from having weapons and stupid enough to post themselves with weapons being held accountable.

Really? That list of prohibited users grows larger every legislative session…