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The American Civil Liberties Union, in an effort to demonstrate the dangers of face recognition technology, ran photos of members of Congress against a database of mug shots using Amazon Rekognition software. That test incorrectly identified 28 legislators as criminals (cue the jokes - yes, the Congress members were confirmed to be elsewhere at the time). They hope that demonstrating that this risk hits close to home will get Congress more interested in regulating the use of this technology.
The false matches were disproportionately of people of color, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus, among them civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). These results demonstrate why Congress should join the ACLU in calling for a moratorium on law enforcement use of face surveillance.
[...] If law enforcement is using Amazon Rekognition, it’s not hard to imagine a police officer getting a “match” indicating that a person has a previous concealed-weapon arrest, biasing the officer before an encounter even begins. Or an individual getting a knock on the door from law enforcement, and being questioned or having their home searched, based on a false identification.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @12:52AM (2 children)
Oh jewmorris. You read "ACLU" and reflexively go into a tirade about "Progs" and preferred pronouns. What is wrong with you? It doesn't make any sense. Do you classify everything in the world by (perceived) political affiliation, "friends" vs "enemies"? I'd have thought an org like the ACLU would share your values with regards to civil rights. Guess not. Progs and SJWs all of them. Probably commies too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @03:15AM
it is a troll, it feeds off of toxic energy
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:41AM
Primarily, he's authoritarian. Right-wing nut is only secondary.
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