Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They?
6 years, 8 months ago

Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They?

Wired  

But while Glaser’s proposed fix may circumvent the decades-long fight over gun control in the US, it simultaneously positions him at the white-hot center of a newer, but still contentious, debate over how to balance privacy and security in a world that is starting to feel like a scene out of Minority Report. Groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where Glaser is a former board member, have published a white paper detailing how facial recognition technology often misidentifies black people and women at higher rates than white men. And just last week, Microsoft President Brad Smith called for federal regulation of facial recognition technology, writing, “This technology can catalog your photos, help reunite families or potentially be misused and abused by private companies and public authorities alike.” "This isn’t just sci-fi. After a school in Lockport, New York, announced it planned to spend millions of dollars on facial recognition technology to monitor its students, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Defense Fund voiced concerns that increased surveillance of kids might amplify existing biases against students of color, who may already be over-policed at home and in school. Glaser, who says he is a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” is all too aware of the risks of facial recognition technology being used improperly.

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Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds
4 months ago

Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds

ABC  

Retail giant Bunnings has breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology on its customers, according to a landmark finding by the Privacy Commissioner. "Individuals who entered the relevant Bunnings stores at the time would not have been aware that facial recognition technology was in use and especially that their sensitive information was being collected, even if briefly," Australian Privacy …

‘Game-changing’ facial recognition technology catches prolific shoplifters
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Game-changing’ facial recognition technology catches prolific shoplifters

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britain’s biggest police force is using “game-changing” facial recognition technology to catch prolific …

Police use facial recognition technology to catch prolific shoplifters with state-of-the-art system which can identify potential suspects in just 60 seconds
1 year, 5 months ago

Police use facial recognition technology to catch prolific shoplifters with state-of-the-art system which can identify potential suspects in just 60 seconds

Daily Mail  

Game-changing facial recognition technology is now being used by police to catch prolific shoplifters. Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the results were 'game-changing' and the use of FRT could revolutionise how police forces investigate Concerns: Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch launched a legal challenge over the use of facial recognition software in the UK Opposed: The software …

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology
1 year, 5 months ago

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology

NPR  

'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technology Enlarge this image toggle caption pimeyes.com pimeyes.com Imagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously helps you identify the person. Sponsor Message Originally founded in 2017 by two computer programmers in Poland, it's …

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban
1 year, 5 months ago

MPs join campaign group’s call for facial recognition ban

The Independent  

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New York bans facial recognition in schools after report finds risks outweigh potential benefits
1 year, 5 months ago

New York bans facial recognition in schools after report finds risks outweigh potential benefits

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York state banned the …

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology
1 year, 6 months ago

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Silkie Carlo, director of privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: “It’s disturbing and deeply …

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’
1 year, 7 months ago

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Office has “urgent questions to answer” over reports …

Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Facial recognition technology victimizes people of color. It must be regulated

LA Times  

A facial recognition system showing a blue interface with a human head. In Williams’ case, the Detroit Police Department used Michigan State Police’s facial recognition program to identify a suspect from a grainy surveillance image. Facial recognition technology, in addition to its algorithmic biases, can — and has — been used by law enforcement to identify peaceful protesters, investigate minor …

Renewed calls for national guidelines on using facial recognition technology after CHOICE investigation
2 years, 9 months ago

Renewed calls for national guidelines on using facial recognition technology after CHOICE investigation

ABC  

Tech and human rights experts have renewed calls for a national framework on the use of facial recognition technology, as one described it as the "wild west of the digital world". Key points: Australia does not have dedicated laws for the use of facial recognition technology Some forms of the technology used to identify people are "prone to error", experts …

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’
3 years ago

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Campaigners branded guidance being sent to forces about how to use live facial recognition …

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Pesenti wrote that the world’s largest social network …

Facial Recognition in Schools? Here Are the Risks to Children
3 years, 4 months ago

Facial Recognition in Schools? Here Are the Risks to Children

News 18  

In conversation with my teenage daughter last week, I pointed out a news report which flagged concerns over the use of facial recognition technologies in several school canteens in North Ayrshire, Scotland. And although there are special provisions and safeguards for children under a range of data protection legislations, the use of facial recognition technology on children could pose unique …

Facial recognition cameras installed in UK school canteens
3 years, 5 months ago

Facial recognition cameras installed in UK school canteens

The Independent  

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Facial Verification Won't Fight Fraud
3 years, 9 months ago

Facial Verification Won't Fight Fraud

Wired  

With the US economy just starting to recover from Covid-19 and millions still out of work, Congress authorized expanded unemployment benefits that supplement state assistance programs. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Albert Fox Cahn is the founder and executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York–based civil rights and privacy group, and a visiting fellow at Yale Law School’s …

States push back against use of facial recognition by police
3 years, 10 months ago

States push back against use of facial recognition by police

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about its accuracy and the growing pervasiveness of video surveillance is leading some state lawmakers to hit the pause button. “It’s one of those rare issues that’s seen bipartisan support, in that nobody wants to be tracked …

Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition
3 years, 11 months ago

Virginia lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Last month, Virginia lawmakers quietly passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology. The legislation, which won unusually broad bipartisan support, prohibits all local law enforcement agencies and campus police departments from purchasing or using facial recognition technology unless it is expressly authorized by the state legislature. Aird …

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt
3 years, 11 months ago

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt

Huff Post  

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost At 19, Matthew Jason Beddingfield was charged with first-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting another teenager in the head in the parking lot of a North Carolina Walmart. Like other law enforcement agencies across the country, the FBI uses facial recognition technology, though it says it follows a set of policies and best practices to ensure “public …

U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers
4 years, 2 months ago

U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers

The Hindu  

U.S. lawmakers are moving ahead with efforts to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify supporters of President Donald Trump who ransacked their workplace and forced them to evacuate this month. Sheldon said he provided the FBI possible names of several people in the violent mob thanks to a facial recognition program he purchased. Markey last year …

Controversial facial recognition technology quietly used by Co-Op
4 years, 3 months ago

Controversial facial recognition technology quietly used by Co-Op

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “All of our customers have been made aware with distinctive signage and we have introduced a system …

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court
4 years, 7 months ago

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court

The Hindu  

The use of facial recognition technology by British police has violated human rights and data protection laws, a court said Tuesday, in a decision praised as a victory against invasive practices by the authorities. In a case trumpeted as the first of its kind, Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who …

Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition
4 years, 8 months ago

Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition

Wired  

Uprisings for racial justice are sweeping the country. Despite this, the Detroit Police Department’s “Real Time Crime Center” has been using facial recognition since 2017. When combined with Project Green Light, a program in which the city partners with private businesses to install CCTV cameras and give police 24/7 access to footage, facial recognition enables a dystopian surveillance state. A …

A Flawed Facial-Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail
55 years, 2 months ago

A Flawed Facial-Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail

Wired  

In January, Detroit police arrested and charged 42-year-old Robert Williams with stealing $4,000 in watches from a retail store 15 months earlier. Taken away in handcuffs in front of his two children, Williams was sent to an interrogation room where police presented him with their evidence: Facial-recognition software matched his driver’s license photo with surveillance footage from the night of …

Microsoft president calls for federal regulation of facial recognition technology
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft president calls for federal regulation of facial recognition technology

CNN  

New York CNN Business — In addition to Microsoft’s moratorium on selling facial recognition to US police departments, the company currently does not sell the technology to federal law enforcement, Microsoft President Brad Smith said during an interview with Politico Thursday. “We don’t provide facial recognition technology today to any federal law enforcement agency and we certainly won’t provide facial …

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country
4 years, 9 months ago

Facial surveillance is slowly being trialled around the country

ABC  

When Lauren Dry heard last year that facial recognition cameras were being trialled in the suburb of East Perth, she thought it was a joke. Key points: Facial recognition technology is slowly being trialled around the country A privacy expert says there are serious questions about the efficacy of facial recognition software One resident says councils and government are walking …

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law
4 years, 9 months ago

Tech companies say they want to see a nationwide facial recognition law

CNN  

CNN — In a matter of days, there was a sea change with one of the most cutting-edge and controversial technologies in Silicon Valley. Three tech giants — Amazon, Microsoft and IBM — all said this week they will not sell facial recognition technology to police. Silicon Valley goes to Washington Tech companies have seized opportunities where they can in …

Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police

Associated Press  

Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. “We’ve decided we will not sell facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this …

Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it
4 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft declines to sell facial recognition tech to police until there is a law to regulate it

Firstpost  

Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the software’s use. Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias. The announcement came shortly after rival Amazon.com Inc declared …

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business
4 years, 9 months ago

In wake of George Floyd’s death, IBM gets out of the facial recognition business

LA Times  

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Many U.S. law enforcement agencies rely on facial recognition software built by companies less well known to the public, such as Tokyo-based NEC or the European companies Idemia and Cognitec, according to Clare Garvie, a …

Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics demand ban
4 years, 11 months ago

Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law; critics demand ban

Firstpost  

Facial recognition software can identify individuals in photos and videos based on a database of known subjects. Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed the first US state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, while civil rights activists said the measure did not go far enough to protect marginalized groups. Washington’s law requires government agencies …

ACLU sues DHS to expose secretive use of facial recognition technology
5 years ago

ACLU sues DHS to expose secretive use of facial recognition technology

Salon  

The ACLU's national and New York arms filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and three of its agencies to expose law enforcement's secretive use of facial recognition surveillance technology. "Unlike other ways of verifying a person's identity, face recognition technology can enable persistent government surveillance on a massive scale," Ashley Gorski, staff attorney with …

Federal study finds race, gender affect face-scanning tech
5 years, 3 months ago

Federal study finds race, gender affect face-scanning tech

Associated Press  

A study by a U.S. agency has found that facial recognition technology often performs unevenly based on a person’s race, gender or age. The report cautions against “incomplete” previous research alleging biased facial recognition that has alarmed the public, but also confirms similar trends showing higher error rates for women, the youngest and oldest people, and for certain racial groups …

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds
5 years, 3 months ago

Facial recognition systems show rampant racial bias, government study finds

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — Federal researchers have found widespread evidence of racial bias in nearly 200 facial recognition algorithms in an extensive government study, highlighting the technology’s shortcomings and potential for misuse. Portland, Oregon could go further: It is currently weighing a complete facial recognition ban not just for local government, but for private companies as well. On the …

Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
5 years, 3 months ago

Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech

Associated Press  

— Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox. “It would only lead to more racial discrimination and racial profiling,” he said, citing studies that found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify women and people with darker skin tones. Axon, …

ACLU sues federal government over surveillance from facial recognition technology
5 years, 4 months ago

ACLU sues federal government over surveillance from facial recognition technology

CNN  

New York CNN — The America Civil Liberties Union is suing multiple government agencies to release records on how facial recognition technology is being used, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The complaint says the suit was filed because of growing concern about the government’s use of biometric identification and tracking technologies – tools that enable “undetectable, persistent and suspicionless …

Facial recognition: Labour vows to regulate 'lawless' technology if it wins power in next election
5 years, 6 months ago

Facial recognition: Labour vows to regulate 'lawless' technology if it wins power in next election

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Labour Party has pledged …

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again
5 years, 6 months ago

New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again

Wired  

WIRED The fight over the future of facial recognition is heating up. A coalition of 30 civil society organisations, representing over 15 million members combined, is calling for a federal ban on the use of facial recognition by US law enforcement. If strict regulation is brought in to govern the use of facial recognition, it is possible we may simply …

California Bill Would Halt Facial Recognition on Bodycams
55 years, 2 months ago

California Bill Would Halt Facial Recognition on Bodycams

Wired  

Last month, members of the California legislature were subject to a surveillance experiment, courtesy of the American Civil Liberties Union. He hoped it would drum up support for his bill, AB 1215, to ban facial recognition from police body cameras. The bill would ban the use of facial recognition algorithms in real time, when the body cameras are rolling, and …

Facial recognition becoming ‘epidemic’ in British public spaces
5 years, 7 months ago

Facial recognition becoming ‘epidemic’ in British public spaces

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition technology is becoming an “epidemic” across shopping centres, …

London King’s Cross estate admits using facial recognition technology
5 years, 7 months ago

London King’s Cross estate admits using facial recognition technology

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition technology is reportedly in use at London’s King’s …

Facial recognition software mistook 1 in 5 California lawmakers for criminals, says ACLU
5 years, 7 months ago

Facial recognition software mistook 1 in 5 California lawmakers for criminals, says ACLU

LA Times  

California Assemblyman Phil Ting has never been arrested, but he was recently mistaken for a criminal. Ting, who authored a bill to ban facial recognition software from being used on police body cameras, was one of 26 California legislators who was incorrectly matched with a mug shot in a recent test of a common face-scanning program by the American Civil …

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?
55 years, 2 months ago

Facial Recognition Is Suddenly Everywhere. Should You Worry?

Wired  

The accuracy of facial-recognition algorithms has improved significantly in the past few years. Keep Reading The latest on artificial intelligence, from machine learning to computer vision and more Civil rights groups and US government studies suggest the technology is often less accurate for women and people with darker skin tones. Three US cities, including San Francisco, recently blocked their agencies …

Facial recognition: Activists call for ban of government use of technology that is 'profound threat to humanity'
5 years, 8 months ago

Facial recognition: Activists call for ban of government use of technology that is 'profound threat to humanity'

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Activists are calling for …

California considers ban on facial recognition’s new frontier: police body cameras
5 years, 9 months ago

California considers ban on facial recognition’s new frontier: police body cameras

LA Times  

Facial recognition’s first blanket ban arrived in May, when San Francisco became the only city in the nation to bar police and other agencies from using the technology. State lawmakers are considering regulation barring all California law enforcement officers from running facial recognition programs on body cameras. — Matt Cagle, attorney, American Civil Liberties Union The state measure, Assembly Bill …

The many biases of facial recognition tools
5 years, 9 months ago

The many biases of facial recognition tools

The Hindu  

Last month, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, in an 8-1 vote, banned the use of facial recognition technology by local agencies. Civil rights concerns The ACLU and a group of other similar organisations wrote to Jeff Bezos in May 2018 requesting that Amazon stop selling its facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies. On May 22, the U.S. House of …

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited
6 years, 1 month ago

Before facial recognition tech can be used, it needs to be limited

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our new research into the legal challenges posed by police use of facial recognition technology …

Amazon defends its facial-recognition technology, supports calls for legislation
6 years, 1 month ago

Amazon defends its facial-recognition technology, supports calls for legislation

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Despite concerns from investors, civil rights groups and others, Amazon thinks its facial-recognition technology can be helpful for law enforcement. He said that in the more than two years that Rekognition has been available, Amazon hasn’t gotten “a single report of misuse by law enforcement.” The post comes after numerous groups — from investors to …

Microsoft calls for regulation of face recognition technology after admitting it could discriminate against women and people of colour
6 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft calls for regulation of face recognition technology after admitting it could discriminate against women and people of colour

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The president of Microsoft has called for greater government regulation of AI facial …

Microsoft announces ethical principles for use of its facial recognition technology
6 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft announces ethical principles for use of its facial recognition technology

Firstpost  

Microsoft said it would formally launch these principles, together with supporting framework, before the end of March 2019 Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced ethical principles for the use of its facial recognition technology, saying it would bar such technology from being used to engage in unlawful discrimination and would encourage customers to be transparent when deploying such services. US civil …

US school looks to bring in facial recognition technology to combat gun violence
6 years, 8 months ago

US school looks to bring in facial recognition technology to combat gun violence

The Independent  

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