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Re:Rite Aid banned from using face recognition software afte... by brookst on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @09:35AM (#38709108)
Wouldn’t it depend on how many accurate positives there were? If it’s one false positive against nine real positives, great. If it’s one false positive a day for a month before a real match occurs, nobody will pay any attention at all.
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Re:Rite Aid banned from using face recognition software afte... by crazygringo on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @09:38AM (#38709137)
Drugstores like Rite-Aid often encounter multiple shoplifters a day.

Assuming most of them are repeat, then there are going to be more true positives than false positives.

(Again, not defending Rite-Aid here, just pointing out that the statistics aren't the issue.)

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