This is a pattern we see time and time again: companies hiding behind "we can't tell you how it works, it's a trade secret, you just have to trust us that it do

This is a pattern we see time and time again: companies hiding behind "we can't tell you how it works, it's a trade secret, you just have to trust us that it does." And these companies land exclusive government contracts. Police drug tests, electronic voting machines, and now police face recognition. We need to demand transparency of any company that receives this kind of special treatment, and require them to disclose statistical analysis of their solution at a minimum. How often is it wrong? How was it verified? If they can't do that, then no deal, and no taxpayer funded boondoggle.