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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by kenjackson on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @06:54PM (#27375032)
> I think it's a matter of accuracy and bias. If the tech keeps making false accusations, especially against the same kind of people over and over, then a ban might be in place.

It seems like we should then ban eyewitness testimony. That has tons of accuracy issues and bias.

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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by SamoyedFurFluff on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:18PM (#27375217)
Please read the full post. The issue is inaccuracy and scale.
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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by kenjackson on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:59PM (#27375932)
The scale is a complete strawman. They aren’t falsely accusing 300 people for a crime.

A great example is the Capitol Riots. They are narrowing the list down to manageable numbers. They aren’t suddenly arresting thousands of people for a crime committed by three.

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