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Various police departments are also abusing facial recognition as undisclosed primary evidence and putting the wrong people in jail, in addition to destroying l
by Tozen 3y ago
Various police departments are also abusing facial recognition as undisclosed primary evidence and putting the wrong people in jail, in addition to destroying lives and forcing people to prove innocence after being assumed guilty.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/facial-recognition-misidentify-jail.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/facial-recogni... (Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/facial-recognition-error-led-to-wrongful-arrest-of-black-man-report-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/facial-recogniti... (Black man wrongfully jailed for a week after face recognition error)
https://www.wired.com/story/face-recognition-software-led-to-his-arrest-it-was-dead-wrong/ https://www.wired.com/story/face-recognition-software-led-to... (Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong)
- fwlr 3y agoI’m aware - I used to work on facial recognition technology for law enforcement.