No Facial Recognition Tech for Cops
A sloppy panopticon is almost as dangerous as an effective one.
A sloppy panopticon is almost as dangerous as an effective one.
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Time to add a hat and sunglasses!
The results of facial recognition software might not be admissible evidence—but the police are allowed to use them to generate admissible evidence.
Defeating surveillance is a powerful argument for covering your face.
The good news is that Boston has just barred law enforcement from using facial recognition technology.
Both companies need to join IBM and others in entirely abandoning the development of this mass surveillance technology.
Privacy activists say we should be alarmed by the rise of automated facial recognition surveillance. Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan says it's time to embrace the end of privacy as we know it.
40 privacy advocacy groups send open letter to agency
"Facial recognition represents a dystopic advancement of the police state."
Hundreds of police departments are using facial recognition technology without oversight.
Some privacy activists say the bill still falls short.
That horse has left the barn.
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The legislation would require warrants for extended surveillance, but look at what it explicitly OKs.
You can literally wear your principles on your sleeve while baffling facial recognition technology.
As Beijing develops a high-tech police state, Hongkongers develop ways to resist it.
State DMVs are building a vast national digital identification database for federal law enforcement.
New technologies mean new crimesolving techniques—and new threats to privacy and liberty.
The agency is mum on how many people are impacted
We can still say no to mass surveillance.
You might consider buying a hat to cover your face—and hoping you’ll be allowed to wear it.
Don't worry, a spokesman tells Congress, the agency has "strict policies" for using facial recognition technology.
Or are Americans simply wising up to the dangers posed by cops having their "face prints" on file?
Preventing a slow march toward automated authoritarianism?
Other state and cities should consider doing the same thing
Should you be worried?
Pervasive real-time police surveillance is not just theoretical anymore.
It's a good idea that libertarians should applaud.