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Facial recognition tech is arsenic in the water of democracy, says Liberty
- cardiffspaceman 7y ago> Spurrier said: “It doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to see how something like facial recognition eats into the fabric of society and distorts relationships that are really human and really essential to a thriving democracy.... Low tech surveillance among East Germans [1] doesn't seem to have made the place any nicer to live in. At least the high tech version just causes mistrust of law enforcement, not one's actual neighbors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_East_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_East_Germ...