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 Almost a decade ago I was bartending in New York. A guy passed through and stole a handbag- apparently she was well connected. Cops came next day and asked for the CCTV footage. It was very grainy and poor quality but my boss gave it to them anyway. Few days later one of the cops passed through and let me know they caught the guy. They ran the footage through some new software they had just got access to and found his Facebook page. Apparently one of Obamas last acts was handing over this tech to the police. It was previously only used the three letter agencies. That was then- can you imagine what they are doing now?