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Facial Recognition

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Civil Liberties

No Facial Recognition Tech for Cops

A sloppy panopticon is almost as dangerous as an effective one.

C.J. Ciaramella | 2.22.2021 6:00 AM

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Reason Roundup

U.S. Used Facial Recognition on Millions of Air Travelers Last Year, Found No Imposters

Plus: Biden won't pursue Trump's TikTok and WeChat bans, Mitt Romney's child allowance plan, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2021 9:32 AM

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Reason Roundup

42 People Now Face Federal Charges for the Capitol Riot

Plus: Happy birthday to Wikipedia, Airbnb's pandemic rebound, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.15.2021 9:30 AM

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Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition Programs Are Getting Better at Recognizing Masked Faces

Time to add a hat and sunglasses!

J.D. Tuccille | 12.4.2020 10:15 AM

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OK to Use Evidence Indirectly Obtained Using Facial Recognition Software

The results of facial recognition software might not be admissible evidence—but the police are allowed to use them to generate admissible evidence.

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.14.2020 6:09 PM

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In New Tests, Facial Recognition Products Are Consistently Thwarted by Masks

Defeating surveillance is a powerful argument for covering your face.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.31.2020 12:30 PM

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Coronavirus

Face Masks Confuse Facial Recognition Technology

That's a good thing.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.3.2020 12:30 PM

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Wrongful Arrest in Detroit Demonstrates Why Police Use of Facial Surveillance Technology Must Be Banned

The good news is that Boston has just barred law enforcement from using facial recognition technology.

Ronald Bailey | 6.25.2020 4:15 PM

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Microsoft and Amazon Adopt Temporary Bans on Police Use of Their Facial Recognition Tech. That's Not Nearly Enough.

Both companies need to join IBM and others in entirely abandoning the development of this mass surveillance technology.

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2020 3:20 PM

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Surveillance

How Fashion Designers Are Thwarting Facial Recognition Surveillance

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.

Zach Weissmueller and Justin Monticello | 5.11.2020 2:01 PM

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Exhibit

Face Values

How much can we really know about people from their faces?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.20.2020 6:00 AM

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40 Privacy Groups Ask Federal Oversight Agency To Push for Suspension of Federal Facial Recognition Technology

40 privacy advocacy groups send open letter to agency

Ronald Bailey | 1.30.2020 3:15 PM

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Ban Facial Recognition on College Campuses, Activists Say

"Facial recognition represents a dystopic advancement of the police state."

Ronald Bailey | 1.28.2020 4:10 PM

No place to hide

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Facial Recognition and the Danger of Automated Authoritarianism

Hundreds of police departments are using facial recognition technology without oversight.

Ronald Bailey | 1.21.2020 3:10 PM

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Technology

Senators Propose Limits on Police Use of Facial Recognition 

Some privacy activists say the bill still falls short.

Scott Shackford | 1.20.2020 6:00 AM

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Genetics

Pentagon Memo Warns Against Identification Risks of Consumer Genetic Testing

That horse has left the barn.

Ronald Bailey | 12.26.2019 12:35 PM

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Reason Roundup

All U.S. Travelers Abroad Should Submit to Facial Recognition Scans, Says Homeland Security

Plus: "Right to be forgotten" follies, research on direct cash aid, Elizabeth Warren on sex work, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.3.2019 9:30 AM

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Senators Introduce Bill To Limit Facial Recognition Technology—but Does It Go Far Enough?

The legislation would require warrants for extended surveillance, but look at what it explicitly OKs.

Scott Shackford | 11.15.2019 12:20 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Show Us Your 'O Face'

Charles Oliver | 11.7.2019 4:00 AM

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Surveillance

Privacy-Friendly Fashion for a Surveillance-State Age

You can literally wear your principles on your sleeve while baffling facial recognition technology.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.20.2019 7:28 AM

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong Protesters Use Umbrellas, Lasers, and Respirators to Evade Surveillance and Tear Gas

As Beijing develops a high-tech police state, Hongkongers develop ways to resist it.

Liz Wolfe | 8.9.2019 4:50 PM

If you've done nothing wrong...

Facial Recognition

Is Facial Recognition the New Fingerprinting—or Something Much Worse?

State DMVs are building a vast national digital identification database for federal law enforcement.

Ronald Bailey | 7.8.2019 3:05 PM

Who will watch the watchers?

Surveillance

Can the Fourth Amendment Save Us from the Coming Era of Pervasive Biometric Surveillance?

New technologies mean new crimesolving techniques—and new threats to privacy and liberty.

Ronald Bailey | 6.13.2019 3:30 PM

On sale now on Dark Web

Facial Recognition

Customs and Border Protection Photo and License Plate Database Hacked

The agency is mum on how many people are impacted

Ronald Bailey | 6.10.2019 9:00 PM

Precrime?

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California Considering a Ban on Realtime Police Body Camera Facial Recognition

We can still say no to mass surveillance.

Ronald Bailey | 6.7.2019 1:40 PM

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Don't Trust the FBI to Properly Use Its Massive Facial Recognition Database

You might consider buying a hat to cover your face—and hoping you’ll be allowed to wear it.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.6.2019 12:00 PM

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Facial Recognition

Do You Feel Safer Knowing the FBI Has Access To 640 Million (!) Headshots?

Don't worry, a spokesman tells Congress, the agency has "strict policies" for using facial recognition technology.

Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2019 7:25 PM

We know where you've been

Facial Recognition

Are We Seeing Early Signs of a Facial Recognition Technopanic?

Or are Americans simply wising up to the dangers posed by cops having their "face prints" on file?

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2019 4:50 PM

Nowhere to hide

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San Francisco Bans Police Use of Facial Recognition

Preventing a slow march toward automated authoritarianism?

Ronald Bailey | 5.15.2019 11:10 AM

Peekaboo you don't see me

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San Francisco a Step Closer to Banning Police Use of Facial Recognition Surveillance

Other state and cities should consider doing the same thing

Ronald Bailey | 5.7.2019 9:27 PM

We see you.

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The New York Times Built a Functioning Private Facial Recognition System

Should you be worried?

Ronald Bailey | 4.23.2019 4:15 PM

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Preventing Government Facial Recognition Oppression

Pervasive real-time police surveillance is not just theoretical anymore.

Ronald Bailey | 3.8.2019 2:05 PM

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San Francisco Facial Recognition Ban Proposed

It's a good idea that libertarians should applaud.

Ronald Bailey | 2.5.2019 3:45 PM

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