> "If the law is changed, this will be a game-changer for UK retailers and other licensed premises, who can use our technology to improve compliance rates and enhance the customer experience."
"A 61-year-old man is suing Macy’s and the parent company of Sunglass Hut over the stores’ alleged use of a facial recognition system that misidentified him as the culprit behind an armed robbery and led to his wrongful arrest. While in jail, he was beaten and raped, according to his suit."
Just dawned on me today that Google grouping pictures of people into their own albums on Google Photos means they're using facial recognition technology on my photos. Should've been obvious if I'd thought about it, but this is how techology sneaks up on us; making us think it's being helpful. #FacialRecognition #AI
Perhaps the most dystopian story you will read this week. Cops used DNA to create a 3D model of a suspect's face... and then tried to run it through facial recognition software
Smile, You're On Camera: The AI Surveillance At Ram Mandir In Ayodhya
Speaking to Decode, Atul Rai, co-founder and CEO of Staqu Technologies, the company behind the AI-powered security system in Ayodhya, said, the company’s JARVIS platform is installed in every camera set up at multiple locations in and around Ayodhya Ram Mandir.
2/3 Despite agreement at the final negotiation to at least limit retrospective #FacialRecognition to serious crimes, this part of the deal has since been watered down and meaningful safeguards removed 😟
Just finished Your Face Belongs to Us by New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill. Highly recommended.
A deep dive into how facial recognition technology is shaping privacy and policing.
Spoiler: it doesn't look good.
#FacialRecognition#Biometrics#ML#AI#Google: "Google is collecting the eyelid shape and skin tone of children via parent submitted videos, according to a project description online reviewed by 404 Media. Canadian tech conglomerate TELUS, which says it is working on Google’s behalf, is offering parents $50 to film their children wearing various props such as hats or sunglasses as part of the project, the description adds.
The project shows the methods some companies are using to build machine learning, artificial intelligence, or facial recognition datasets and products. Rather than scraping already existing images or analyzing previously collected material, TELUS, and by extension Google, is asking the public to contribute directly and get paid in return. Google told 404 Media the collection was part of the company’s efforts to verify users’ age.
“Eyelid shape. Skin tone. Video recording (without voice),” a section of the project terms and conditions listing the data collected reads. Another section says that TELUS’ customer—that is, Google—will collect “facial geometry.”"
#UK#Surveillance#FacialRecognition#BorderContro: "It is a tall order but the hope is that a two-pronged approach — new e-gates and the rollout of the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) — will propel the UK border into a league of its own.
Immigration halls in airports will be transformed with vastly upgraded e-gates that will use advanced facial recognition, negating the need for passengers to get their passport out of their bags.
At the same time, the number of traditional border control booths will fall away. The aim is for “frictionless travel” that will be achieved with an increased use of biometrics and the ETA."
More & more retailers are rolling out #FacialRecognition tech, with no safeguards against it being used to track, harass & exclude people who look ’suspicious’.
Join ‘The End of Privacy in Public’ campaign & demand your MP finds out how FRT is used in your local area.
#Brazil#SaoPaulo#SP#Surveillance#FacialRecognition: "As the city of São Paulo prepares to roll out thousands of surveillance cameras with facial recognition, experts are raising concerns on the indiscriminate use of this technology in the Brazilian megalopolis could exacerbate problems such as structural racism and inequality, while also posing risks to data privacy and cybersecurity.
The Smart Sampa project is the latest among a series of initiatives involving modern surveillance techniques in various Brazilian states. It is significant due to the sheer size of the population it will impact: São Paulo, the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere, is home to 12 million people."
#Books#Tech#Crypto#Cryptocurrencies#ConspiracyTheories#AI#FacialRecognition: "I’d recommend skipping right past most of the “big” tech books of the year — especially “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson and “Going Infinite” by Michael Lewis, both of which sadly succumb to the kind of tech-founder hero worship that’s increasingly outmoded and often embarrassing. Especially when there are so many books that take a hard, nuanced look at the ways tech is affecting society — and are just so much more fun to read.
So without further ado, here are 10 of my favorite books about technology, power, AI and Silicon Valley this year:"
The police will be able to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders under a law change being quietly introduced by the government.
Should the police wish to put a name to an image collected on CCTV, or shared on social media, the legislation would provide them with the powers to search driving licence records for a match.
(I had missed that) earlier this year the #Tories abolished the role of the biometrics & surveillance camera commissioner (an independent 'watchdog') & now (surprises suprise) it has OK's the use of driving licence records allied to #facialrecognition technology by the force....
The #surveillancestate just got more intrusive - anyone who say the innocent have nothing to fear has been sadly inattentive to how #policiing now works in this country!