Re:Facial recognition system risks 'chilling effect' on free...
by bsenftner on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:04PM
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To a degree, I agree it is monkeys being given guns. Guns they can't load, don't know where the trigger is, and are pointed at blank walls. I see great hesitation from all private/corporate users to allow any access to their FR galleries or system by outsiders. Partially it is to cover that they don't know how to use it, using it "never seems to work" (because they don't bother to read the manual, view the videos, or really anything. It's shocking.)
I think we'll get regulation of gallery sharing, which will effectively halt the ability for total surveillance.
Everyone assumes this tech is much better than it actually is. For media, treating it like an end to freedom is good for their click-revenues. But in actuality, FR is a kinda weak sensor that needs to be backed with additional identifying technologies to be practical. Defeating FR is childs' play. Even the very best...
Presumably these "fugitives" include parents with kids at the stadium who are behind on support payments or have outstanding parking fines, or perhaps something else that will initiate a high risk police encounter that will at best disadvantage them in a background check?
I've worked in privacy policy in government and the people building FR techs are equipping monkeys with guns.
Sure, someone else will do it, but at least weapons manufacturers have rules about who they can sell to.