Tag: facial recognition
Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
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In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories.
Some progressive cities have banned some uses of the technology. Three tech companies have...
Why the government’s proposed facial recognition database is causing such alarm
Andrew Hastie said the broad objectives of the identity-matching
system were sound, but key changes were needed to ensure privacy and transparency.
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Since...
Why do we mix up faces? Game of Thrones might help us find the answer
Maisie Williams plays Arya Stark in Game of Thrones and is
one of the actors whose face is part of a new test...
Class action against Facebook over facial recognition could pave the way for further lawsuits
A federal court in San Francisco has ruled
a class action brought by Facebook users in Illinois can go ahead.Shutterstock
Facebook’s privacy problems suffered...