The FBI has unleashed its newest crime fighting tool which could leave fugitives with fewer places to hide. Starting in North Carolina, the FBI will begin using facial recognition software on millions of motorists to compare license photos with pictures of wanted convicts, reports the Associated Press.

While the technology is not entirely fool proof, one fugitive was caught earlier this year after police compared his photo to over 30 million stored in the motor vehicle agency in North Carolina, according to the AP. Within seconds, a match came up and the double murder suspect was apprehended.

Although the FBI hopes to eventually increase the use of facial recognition software nationwide, many people are concerned that their constitutional rights are being violated. The AP reports that privacy advocates are protesting that the technology allows authorities to track people who have done nothing wrong, putting them up in a “virtual line up.”

This seems to be a popular sentiment from Twitter users around the United States who worry about the ever-broadening reach of big brother.

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   jaybeasley (undisclosed) Fbi is going to start using dmv photos to track ppl down…here go more errors in the criminal justice field… http://myloc.me/11jYt 13 Oct 2009 from UberTwitter
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   BlueCamel (North Carolina) Big brother not bothering to be non-obvious: FBI Bringing Biometric Photo Scanning To North Carolina, Via DMV http://tinyurl.com/yf8xm7j 13 Oct 2009 from API
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   ocbarista (Orange County, CA)  FBI Bringing Biometric Photo Scanning To North Carolina, Via DMV: http://bit.ly/6jKLG 13 Oct 2009 from WP to Twitter
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   ArtVuilleumier (USA) RT @libertyideals: FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives #libertarian http://bit.ly/10QNAM – WE SHOULD BE FRIGHTENED OF THIS! 14 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   veritasmartyr (Pittsburgh, PA) FBI violating the Constitution by searching DMV database for fugitives http://bit.ly/11g3Yc 14 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
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   ninanintius (Oregon, USA) I was ok with it until it was noted that a federal statute would prevent the FBI from browsing DMV photo’s… http://bit.ly/3nmwNd 15 Oct 2009 from Facebook

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