On: Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video

[mrec]

Eye-witnesses can at least be prosecuted for perjury if they're found to be deliberately lying. It's hard to apply the same threat to a CCTV camera.

Honest mistakes are obviously a separate issue, but the parallel there would be bad lighting or a corrupted recording, neither of which are new issues.

[lonelappde → mrec]

"Honest" (subject to police pressure) mistakes in identifying people are vastly more common than a video accidentally showing a different face.