Below are posts associated with the “facial recognition” tag.
🔗 linkblog: Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch
Don’t think I’ve posted anything on this story yet because as the article points out, it’s hard to focus on this evil with so many other evils distracting us.
🔗 linkblog: ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
Facial recognition is always a scary technology, but it’s becoming even more so under the current administration.
🔗 linkblog: ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
Another story that speaks to the power of Ellul’s “image vs. word” distinction. It must be trustworthy because it comes from a machine…
🔗 linkblog: New Facial-Recognition Tech Could Let You Keep Your Passport in Your Pocket at the Airport
That this article talks up (and uncritically repeats) purported advantages of surveillance and only briefly acknowledges privacy concerns is a real failure. Reporting needs to do better so that we can walk back surveillance instead of sleepwalk into more of it. Gift link
🔗 linkblog: Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used To Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers - Slashdot'
This sucks on so many levels.
🔗 linkblog: Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns'
Scary stuff. I don’t think I’ll ever be convinced that facial recognition tech does more good than harm.
🔗 linkblog: Why a search engine that scans your face is dangerous : NPR'
Facial recognition is the worst.
🔗 linkblog: Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match - The New York Times'
Facial recognition software is gross. What a good—but terrible!—example that just because it comes from an algorithm doesn’t mean it’s right. When will we learn that the risks of wrong decisions outweigh the purported promise of the right ones?
🔗 linkblog: Madison Square Garden's facial recognition policy ignites debate over the tech : NPR'
Glad this story is still getting attention, because it so neatly demonstrates why facial recognition is scary. We shouldn’t tolerate this level of surveillance—by private or public actors.
🔗 linkblog: Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs | Ars Technica'
I’m skeptical of many technologies, most of which I can concede have some real value. In contrast, I have a lot of trouble seeing any value in facial recognition that outweighs the obvious, large-scale harms that can come from it.
🔗 linkblog: Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images - WSJ'
I don’t like Paxton, and I can’t imagine this is much more than performative railing against a strawman version of Big Tech, but this is a real issue, so I’m interested to see where it goes.
🔗 linkblog: At long last, a photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith emerges'
Some more coverage of the (possible) photo find. This is the only news I’ve ever read related to facial recognition software that I’ve been happy rather than grumpy about 😂
🔗 linkblog: Clearview AI ordered to delete facial recognition data belonging to UK residents - The Verge'
Let’s do the same in the U.S., please.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses - The New York Times'
Who thought this was a good idea???
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Clearview AI does well in another round of facial recognition accuracy tests. - The New York Times'
The problem with facial recognition isn’t (just) accuracy—it’s the underlying values of such a project.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’ - The New York Times'
Facial recognition is worrying.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue | Facial recognition | The Guardian'
Why are people still touting facial recognition as a convenience?
🔗 linkblog: just read '7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent | ZDNet'
We ought to be talking more about biometric data.