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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by bobthepanda on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:33AM (#27382888)
Police use of facial recognition software already has bad impacts today, so at least preventing PD use will prevent real harm.

> Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match

> A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/facial-recogni...

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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by scotuswroteus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:54PM (#27384969)
Hey, and at least I addressed this reply in advance of you making it.
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Re:King County, WA bans facial recognition software by bobthepanda on Thursday June 03, 2021 @02:11PM (#27385198)
The existence of a massive wildfire does not really mean a local house fire is not something to be addressed as well.

The amount of people going to jail because of shoddy, unauditable code with no due process should be zero, so these announcements matter.

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