The FBI Keeps Using Clues From Volunteer Sleuths To Find The Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters
3 years, 7 months ago

The FBI Keeps Using Clues From Volunteer Sleuths To Find The Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters

NPR  

The FBI Keeps Using Clues From Volunteer Sleuths To Find The Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters Enlarge this image toggle caption Yegor Aleyev/Tass via Getty Images Yegor Aleyev/Tass via Getty Images As rioters made their way through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, many of them livestreamed their actions and posted photos and videos on social media. "The FBI, of course, was overwhelmed with this mammoth task of identifying these individuals, the Sedition Hunters community, everyone started individually reviewing all of the footage," said Forrest Rogers, an American who is a member of the group Deep State Dogs. Sponsor Message Mitch Silber, former director of intelligence analysis for the New York City Police Department, said this technology is typically only used sparingly by law enforcement. Schwartz said that it was notable law enforcement was so openly using facial recognition technology to support criminal cases, and that doing so now may be strategic.

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Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
1 year, 2 months ago

Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It

Wired  

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer. “Using DNA found at the crime scene, Parabon Labs reconstructed a possible suspect’s facial features,” the detective explained in a request for “analytical support” sent …

‘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 …

Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos
3 years, 5 months ago

Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos

Wired  

Clearview AI has stoked controversy by scraping the web for photos and applying facial recognition to give police and others an unprecedented ability to peer into our lives. Clearview has collected billions of photos from across websites that include Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and uses AI to identify a particular person in images. The company’s cofounder and CEO, Hoan Ton-That, …

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt
4 years 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 …

Facial recognition may help find Capitol rioters — but it could harm many others, experts say
4 years, 1 month ago

Facial recognition may help find Capitol rioters — but it could harm many others, experts say

LA Times  

In the days following the Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s Capitol, there was a rush to identify those who had stormed the building’s hallowed halls. Facial recognition’s promise that it will help law enforcement solve more cases, and solve them quickly, has led to its growing use across the country. We have to be careful.” Black, brown, poor, trans …

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 …

A Flawed Facial-Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail
55 years, 3 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 …

Coming to terms with biometrics in policing
5 years ago

Coming to terms with biometrics in policing

The Hindu  

Ever since the police became a formal organisation nearly 150 years ago, there is global consensus that the police charter ought not to be restricted to a mere maintenance of peace in public places. This explains the sharp adverse responses, albeit only by a few groups, to a counter-crime facial recognition technology. Perhaps the stoutest defender of facial recognition technology …

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, …

Washington Post: ICE, FBI use state driver’s license photos for facial-recognition scans
5 years, 8 months ago

Washington Post: ICE, FBI use state driver’s license photos for facial-recognition scans

CNN  

Washington CNN — Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI are utilizing state driver’s license databases to scan through “millions of Americans’ photos without their knowledge or consent,” The Washington Post reported Sunday. President Donald Trump said last month his administration would launch a series of ICE raids sometime after the Fourth of July, and acting Homeland Security …

Humans still outdo computers in facial recognition tests
9 years, 6 months ago

Humans still outdo computers in facial recognition tests

Daily Mail  

From bartenders to office clerks, experts warn robots are coming for our jobs. Researchers pitted trained facial forensic examiners and so-called 'super recognisers' against machines in facial recognition tests, and humans came out on top. Scroll down for video Researchers pitted trained facial forensic examiners against machines in facial recognition tests and humans came out on top. Dr White used …

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