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Earlier this month, Ohio became the latest of several state and local governments in the United States to stop law-enforcement officers from using facial-recognition databases. The move followed reports that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had been scanning millions of photos in state driver’s licence databases, data that could be used to target and deport undocumented immigrants. Researchers at Georgetown University in Washington DC used public-record requests to reveal this previously secret operation, which was running without the consent of individuals or authorization from state or federal lawmakers.
It is not the only such project. Customs and Border Protection is using something similar at airports, creating a record of every passenger’s departure. The technology giant Amazon is building partnerships with more than 200 police departments to promote its Ring home-security cameras across the United States. Amazon gets ongoing access to video footage; police get kickbacks on technology products.
Facial-recognition technology is not ready for this kind of deployment, nor are governments ready to keep it from causing harm. Stronger regulatory safeguards are urgently needed, and so is a wider public debate about the impact it is already having. Comprehensive legislation must guarantee restrictions on its use, as well as transparency, due process and other basic rights. Until those safeguards are in place, we need a moratorium on the use of this technology in public spaces.
There is little evidence that biometric technology can identify suspects quickly or in real time. No peer-reviewed studies have shown convincing data that the technology has sufficient accuracy to meet the US constitutional standards of due process, probable cause and equal protection that are required for searches and arrests.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Friday August 30 2019, @09:49AM (2 children)
I can wait until the government is not run by the mob and israel to upgrade this tech thanks.
Or, if you add just one stipulation, that if I am every wrongly accused for ANYTHING because of this technology I get 100,000 dollars, adjusted to inflation until the end of time.
But as usual, there is no chance of this happening. Like with the credit record data breach and the security application data breach, when the system fails to protect me and actually serves my most personal data up to the darknet by mistake, I might get 200 dollars 5 years later if I fill out ten forms and give the SAME PEOPLE my updated data.
Little story, in april 2017 I got mugged in kansas city, historical fact, bruise from it is on my sites gallery. It is no fun to be punched with gold rings on by surprise let me tell you.
They took my keys and ran off. I was at a bar in the center of town on actual Main Street, the parking lot was right across the street. Most visible parking lot in town maybe.
The 3 guys with their fake gun ran off but of course didn't take my car right then. When the ambulance and police came, while they were carting me off because I might have a concussion, I said to everyone there and to the police, hey, they have my keys. They are going to come back for that car. Just watch the car, JUST WATCH THE CAR!!
Ambulance, hospital, I come back at 2am and my car is gone. Policework right? The police had in that moment the perfect opportunity to catch the people who were on a mugging spree, it was every night they were mugging people. But nope. I had to walk home after staying on the couch of some rude unhelpful people, then after waiting 5 hours on my patio for the random late opening of Park 67 apartments to get a new key, I get back in.
30 minutes later, knock on the door. It's the police, he hands me his phone, a detective says they found my car using 'license plate recognition.' I can pick it up the next day.
Story not over. A few days later I get an appointment with the detective to look at the pictures of who was arrested in my car, I go in, he shows me 3 pages of faces, and the face is on there. The guy who was holding the fake gun was on the page. I circled it and said, this is him. But he wasn't the one in the car, so the information goes to complete waste. I could have just been randomly blaming a person, my testimony counts for nothing.
What can you derive from this pattern? All the humans failed except for the muggers, who the system seems to treat like a fly and is hopelessly powerless to stop. The police got 2 tips that could have actually solved the problem. Ignored both with prejudice, like how dare you even try?
The license plate recognition however, as soon as that got flagged, those cops snapped right to it!
It is not just that the system is becoming digital, it is that humans themselves are also becoming dependent on them, and trusting them absolutely.
I can hear this conversation coming up any day now:
"Officer, the thieves went thataway!" said the pointing, bleeding man.
"No they didn't, our facial recognition system would have picked them up for sure, and we're not getting any hits." said the police officer and imperial storm trooper wearing full body armor and leaning a rocket launcher up against his leg while adding another decal to his hoverboard.
Discuss.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Freeman on Friday August 30 2019, @03:07PM (1 child)
Won't help you, if you're dead due to improper identification.
I mean, Swatting is a thing. Just think how much more likely something could go wrong, if there's an automated system that identifies wanted criminals. That only has a 1% error rate.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Saturday August 31 2019, @09:03AM
Indeed.
How about this then, if a *single* person dies due to misidentification the entire government is dissolved, new elections for congress and white house, and last 2 supreme court judges appointed must step down.
This reminds me, the american system is sorely lacking a system for no-confidence at this point, I'd say.
I actually wish we could do that to cnn/nbc/fox, get all news channels owned and operated by people with actual allegiance to the united states.
Swatting shouldn't be a problem at all, anywhere, no knock raids do not exist in free countries.